Im back. Great to be back. Back in the stacks with the books. Yes, yeah the Library Stacks are nice i wanted to show everybody where things are headed on this monday morning. Is it always up . I guess maybe it opens it feels like that i was told not to invoke his name when i mentioned him the other week he says everything goes up and it all seemed so crazy dow about 160 points nasdaq looking to open about 69 points higher in the s p 500 looking to open about 16 points higher treasury yields right now, lets do it. Lets show you the ten year note as we speak youre looking right now at the ten year at. 636. Melissa has news happening overnight. News out of china overnight beijing announcing sanctions and a spokesperson and the move comes after a top member of chinas Ruling Communist Party and three other officials over human rights a b abuses. Bo well ask senator rubio about this when he joins us live at 8 00 a. M. Eastern time on squawk box. Separately the u. S. Asked its citizens to be
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Tomorrow night. The stricter rules are being implemented because theyre trying to slow the continuing spread of coronavirus infections. Ive been concerned at how quickly it has skyrocketed. Two weeks ago, we were seeing about 3. 9 to 4. 2 of everyone tested being positive, and we were very concerned that we reached this 8 benchmark. We set a cap at 8 , and now that weve reached that, we realized we need to scale back, keep the community safe, and really encourage people to take these additional safeguards so we can slow the spread. Reporter now, Health Officials are also keeping close tabs on the number of intensive care unit beds available in the county. Right now, about half of the 209 beds are in use either from covid cases or other cases and this recent spread of infections in the county obviously is prompting concerns about the future, the near future availability of those icu beds. Reporting live in lafayette, im sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. Sergio, thanks very much. Lets
Theres now also concern about overwhelming hospitals. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana has details on this weekends new rules. Reporter when Contra Costa County rolled back some of its restrictions last month, it was on the condition that infections seemed to be slowing. Unfortunately thats not the case anymore. Infection rates have doubled over the last couple weeks. We set a cap at 8 , and now that weve reached that, we realize we need to scale back. We need to keep the Community Safe and really encourage people to take these additional safeguards. Reporter the newly revised health order now requires stricter rules for Outdoor Dining, members of social bubbles will have to keep their masks on at all times while theyre together, and Indoor Worship Service will be temporarily prohibited after tomorrow night. A church service, usually youre there for a while. Reporter for outdoor diners, the experience will have to be adjusted. Customers had been allowed to sit at their tables without a ma
In covid19 cases spike, Health Officials are now requiring new changes for Outdoor Dining and churchings. Some cities in Alameda County are pushing back and proceeding with Outdoor Dining after the county said they were not allowed to. It was a hot afternoon today. But were tracking hotter temperatures for your sunday. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc 7 news at 11 00, starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. More concerning numbers tonight with the surge of coronavirus cases in california. More than 8,000 new cases are being reported in the state. The number of deaths, also, is trending upward. Rising by 94. Hospitalizations, also, set a new record today, topping 6,300. Now, the bay area also set a record today with its numbers of hospitalizations, with 567. Also, of concern. The Positivity Rate over the past two weeks continues to rise. The