Not showing any signs of slowing down as daryn mentioned new york is the hot bed right now we have John Lawrence with the very latest. The covid 19 pandemic is growing exponentially we see cases doubling every 3 to 4 days for 4 consecutive days this week the us had its deadliest day of reported deaths due to the virus mrs. They 5 of corn teen in day 5 of widow, good for me. And then were clicking off one day at a time and now the United States is the epicenter of the disease with the most cases in the world youve got to hunker down nail down mitigate mitigate mitigate. Get the people taken care of thats what you got to concentrate on you have to go with the data vaccine trials are underway and the shutdowns and restrictions across the country remain in place to slow the spread of the disease. But no state has seen a decrease in cases which means the us probably has yet to hit the peak. I want to be clear the worst days are still ahead despite the uncertainty of what lies ahead the medi
Good evening and thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman as coronavirus cases climb across the nation. We have just learned that more than 700 americans have now died. And our governor here in california Gavin Newsome just provided us an update on californias fight against covid 19. He spoke just moments ago from sacramento. Young people disproportionately. Are the ones testing positive. In the state of california 50 . Of the 2102 individuals that have tested positive 50 are between the age of 1849. Ill repeat that. Of those who have tested positive today, the state of california are 18 to 49 years old. This disease. Impacts everybody the question is the acuity and the hospitalization rate that yes does skew. The side of older populations but with this tragic. Now death is a reminder to everybody to take this seriously. Its a Health Crisis that needs to be met first and foremost head on as such and thats why it is incumbent upon all californias to c
Virus pandemic waits for the senates approval to move forward. The senate still has not voted on its 2 trillion legislation that is part of that big financial package, thanks for joining us at 10, im ken way and im pam moore, a final senate vote is now expected tomorrow. The democrats say they are fighting to get more money more protections and really for workers and Small Businesses over the bailouts for the corporation Senate Democrats strongly rejected the original version that was introduced yesterday they argued it focused too much on wall street. And didnt spend enough money on main street businesses and the health care system. Then late last night Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer announced both parties are close to an agreement when passed it is expected to issue direct checks to american families. Bailouts for the Airline Industry and a billion loan program for struggling Small Businesses so the debate in washington continues as millions of americans are out of work and in
With then there 175 beds will be made available at Seton Medical Center in daly city but the majority of the additional surge beds will come from spaces like the Santa Clara Convention Center Facilities outside of traditional hospital environment and San Francisco cape bruny kron 4 news. There are now more than a 1000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 22 virus related deaths right here in the bay area. Take a look at the numbers on your screen santa clara counties up to 375 cases, 16 people have die fair San Mateo County has a 161 cases and one death. San francisco county up to a 152 cases contra costa has 86 1 death Alameda County has a 124 cases in the north bay moran has 53 cases Solano County is now to 24 Sonoma County 31 cases and one death so far and that the county has 3. Well a number of Law Enforcement officers and Public Health officials in the bay area have also tested positive for the coronavirus this includes for santa clara sheriffs deputies to Santa Rosa Police offi
Rejected the original version that was introduced monday. They argue about and just focus too much on wall street and did not spend enough money on main street businesses on the health care system. While full details have yet to be released. The breakdown looks like this. So billion for direct payments to individuals and their families billion in Small Business loans. 250 billion and Unemployment Insurance benefits and 500 billion in loans for distressed companies. Now a final senate vote is expected later today. Well thousands of workers who are filing for unemployment are in the Service Industry and most restaurants have been forced to drastically cut their staff as their kitchens closed or transition to takeout and delivery only. But now some businesses are looking to hire more staff for el on polk street in San Francisco says it got slammed with pizza orders over the weekend. And quickly made some changes to meet demand. Business has been you know very very we have one or 2 nights