General Patrick Murphy was in charge of our National Guard for many years. Did an outstanding job. Ive been with him in many emergency situations over the years. Hes a man who leads from the front. Hes my type of leader. He had so much fun that he retired and came and joined us as commissioner of homeland security. This team, new yorkers should have total confidence because they have done it before. Theyve been in the situation. Not this exact situation, but theyve handled emergencies and theyve handled them all very well. They are proven. Lets go through this for an update on where we are today. Everyone knows what we are dealing with. Its preventing overload of the Health Care System, so the number of acute cases are coming in to the Health Care System, the growth in the number of acute cases must match the capacity of the Health Care System and that is what we have been working on. The rate of icu hospitalizations even more closely, the difference between the number of beds you need
York and about the same number of cases. While california now has more than 17,000 infections, new york has 8 times that many kron fours gayle ong talks with that ucsf doctor about californias aggressive steps to flatten the curve. From the grand princess cruise ship docked in the bay carrying copa 19 patients last month. To facebook canceling its conference in february for signals to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously people are looking at california as a Success Story and seeing what it is that we did that seem to have work we spoke with doctor bob wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine who has been vocal about california showing early signs of flattening the curve everybody took it seriously and said even though. We havent seen many cases here we believe that we believe the science were going to stay at home and do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governo
And im pam moore and there are also more deaths tonight here in the bay area 6 residents at the gateway care and rehab center in hayward died today, they were among 35 residents and 24 Staff Members there who tested positive for the virus kron fours tale of the second joins us live now at the gateway care and rehab center with the latest on what happened there. Taylor. The up him earlier today i saw 2 people possibly from the mortuary dressed head to toe in personal Protection Equipment. Theyre on their way leaving the facility now again the Public Health Department Confirms that 59 people tested positive here for the virus. The Alameda County Public Health department and staff at gate we care and rehab center in hayward in full defense mode trying to control the spread of the coronavirus within this facility, 35 residents and 24 staff here tested positive for the coronavirus 6 of those residents have since passed away in addition, were learning more about cases and hes bay postacute c
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We spoke with doctor bob wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine who has been vocal about california showing early signs of flattening the curve everybody took it seriously and said even though we havent seen many cases here we believe and we believe the science were going to stay at home and do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governor newsome described a steady but slow growth in covid19 cases in the state he also talked about securing supplies like and 95 math and ventilators that as of wednesday, the governor announced the highest death rate in the state and a plea to take the coronavirus seriously depends on you it depends on 40 million others in the state of california and their commitment. To following through on the stay home orders. Their commitment to have appropriate face coverings its a message Public Health officials and leaders have been echoing Sant