Highlight a new tool to help assess symptoms, and find a place to get tested. Lets look at a couple of slides about our testing data. Yesterday, we got results of 1438new pcr tests, and serology tests. As you can see from this slide, the present positivity from testing continues to trend downward. Statewide it is at about 15 . On this slide you will see the number of tests continues to trend upward. Both of these are good things. We know there are simple steps that all of us can take and should to help stop the spread of this virus. Work, and we know these guidelines will be part of our new normal as we continue to move forward. You have heard me say this hands, please wash your stay six feet away from other people, and where a Face Covering in public. Wear a Face Covering in public. When people wear masks, it goes a long ways to reduce the spread of the disease. Wearing a mask could literally save someone elses life. That is becoming clearer every day as we move further into managing
Not follow the city stay at home order. She would have to close city parks to help combat the coronavirus outbreak mare bring said the city has also hired 82 nurses over the weekend to help in the outbreak in addition, she said the private sector has stepped up to help provide protective gear for frontline workers, including masks, gowns and gloves, but the mayor urged saffron sisters, san franciscans to continue to take social distancing seriously. The folks who are. Out on the streets socializing in coming together and not taking this social distancing. Requirements seriously you are putting lives at stake, your putting Public Health in jeopardy. To help those who cannot practice self quarantine such as residents of longterm care facilities or people in the Homeless Population San Franciscos Human Services agency is working with the Hotel Council to secure available rooms in fact 320 rooms are expected to be available by the end of the night tonight with hundreds more needed in the c
Countys response. As napa county faces its first covid 19 cases the county says and theyve been prepared. Our priority right now is making sure that were ramping up our staffing in a Facebook Live sunday afternoon deputy county executive Molly Rattigan gave this update to napa county about the quickly escalating Coronavirus Spread you should start to see increases in some of the testing them or us as youve been saying in the last few days here in napa county county officials report as of sunday almost a 100 tests have been completed and at least 30 cases are under investigation. The countys first case was reported in the Morning Hours later a second case confirmed Health Officials say both patients have been isolated one a napa city resident, the other isolated in saint helene a there is no known connection officials wont say their age gender or where the virus was contracted, but are working to trace people who have been in direct contact testing for the virus began last week we are r
Reported case to reach the first. 100,000 cases. 11 days for the second 100,000 cases. And just. For. Days for the senate. 100,000. Cases. Now its 6 those are staggering statistics from the World Health Organization coronavirus cases around the world climbing at a rapid pace. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im justine waldman. Globally there are now more than 375,000 cases of the coronavirus and over 16,000 people have died. And then in the us there are 43,000 cases and the number of deaths has topped 500 in california alone there are more than 2000 cases and 38 people have died. This information is all according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus tracker map. An Alameda County has confirmed its first death related to the Coronavirus Health Officials Say the person had no known travel or known contact was someone who had a confirmed case of the virus. Officials are releasing very limited information about the patient. Only saying that they were elderl
More popular than the agency that brings in the most which is the i. R. S. The acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement, including, he was named to his present post in june of this year. And prior to taking the job of acting commissioner, hes been chief of Border Patrol. Hes been the agent in charge of paso,i office in el plenty of border experience. Hes had roles in counterterrorism, violent crime, gang suppression, a lot of things that relate directly to his job today. And hes been a Deputy Sheriff and a Los Angeles Police officer. Not only that, he has an engineering degree and a law degree. So its my great pleasure to welcome acting commissioner mark morgan. Thank you for being here. Mark and former marine. I had to get that in there. Jessica i had that on my list. Semper fi. Thanks for coming. I want to let everyone know that commissioner morgan will be in the hot seat for a while with my questions but if you have questions that you would like