Wednesday is over 5,300. While its a slight dip, it is the second highest daily total for the state since the pandemic began. Governor newsom began his press Conference Today reinforcing a family message. Were still in the first wave of this pandemic. We are not in the second ve. A wave that is clearly growing. 56,000 new covid cases reported in california in just the past two weeks. And in the last two weeks, a 32 spike in new hospitalizations. Lets break it all down. More than 5,000 cases reported on monday. Jumping to more than 7100 on tuesday. Dipping to 5,300 on wednesday. What exactly is causing the increase . Yes. The cases have gone way up. But a lot of those are outbreaks and some of it is just more efficient case finding. This is the ucsf leading epidemiologist. He explains the latest spikes indicate cases identified within the last five days. So these are from reason exposures, maybe as reason as last weekend. These are not part of the protests. I can tell you that. And these probably represent true, the community transmission, as consequence of reopening. While the numbers may appear like a staggering increase, rutherford explains it also has to do with the state increasing testing capacity. Weve averaged over 88,000 tests a day. Not many states can lay claim to that. Reporter as testing ramps up, so does the need for tracking and digesting that data. The public release of the dashboard which enhances how counties can track covid cases in realtime. One noticeable piece of data highlighted, there are effective trends by county. This number indicates how many other people and the infected person could transmit the virus to. A 1 is considered stable. Anything above 1 shows a more rapid spread. Marin county has one of the highest reffective rates in the state. But as dr. Rutherford pointed out, thats in part due to the outbreak at san quentin. Is it a cause for concern . Yes. Is it a cause for panic . I think we have to see what the next couple of days hold to see whether the high peaks continue to rise, level off or fall back down. Reporter and the states forecast model shows statewide hospitalizations could more than triple order the next month if these trends continue. Abc7 news. I know a lot of people looking at the data themselves and theres a useful new tool for us to use when it comes to tracking covid cases. It just came out today. The governor spent a lot of time discussing cal cat. The data dashboard released today. Anyone can use this site to track covid cases in your own county in realtime. There is a lot of modeling out there but newsom made it clear, this is useful because the data is straight from your own neighborhood. We have a link to that site on our webb and broke down some of the highlights. All right. And theras pretty di thank you so much. So we know cases are rising across the state. The question is why and can we stop it . Lye now today. Good to see you. Everything seems to be going. Cases, hospitalizations, ic you were admissions. So let me ask you. On a scale of 110, how concerned are you right now with this trend line . Im going to try not to be an alarmist but i will tell you, i am very concerned about where this trend could potentially be going. Lets say im seeing somewhere around a 7. But i also want to acknowledge that we still have a relatively manageable Hospital Capacity and a test Positivity Rate in the bay area. Thats in large part because people have by and large been doing their jobs. Theyve been come mying, physically distancing. Wearing their masks. This is a good thing. If we let our guard down when businesses reopen and let these outbreaks continue, we could very much become another hot spot and thats the last thing we want to do. Thats why im erring on the side of being carb. A 7 is pretty high. Is it people let go their guard down, people being stubborn . Is it general dumbness with the masks . I mean, all the above is a possible answer . Im going to echo your dumbness. We know the masks work. We know were picking up a higher amount of fabulous and asymptomatic people. But time, like you mentioned, we have hospitalizations going up over the past two weeks across the state. On top of that, in specific counties, weve seen the percent of positive tests increase as well over the past seven days which tells us the virus is spreading. If we were to test more people, if that percentage stayed the same, that would tell you it is relatively contained in that time frail and its not. It is also people letting their guard down because of reopening and quarantine fatigue. All right. For those of you who want to come after me on twitter, dont go after the doc. I was talking to a friend. Were like 120,000 deaths nationally. How many people have to die before everybody puts on a mask . And what he said to me was, when somebody close to them or a family mental gets seriously ill, then they wake up and go, oh, this is real. Is that what it will take . Unfortunately in the past, ive seen that exact mentality play out when it comes the a lot of Public Health mandates like helmets, seatbelts, not showinging and vaccines. And i dont like that people need to see someone else being personally affected. We remember in march, people were taking videos in certain counties and other states such as my home state. Arizona saying, look, the pandemic isnt real. Now theyre like, oh, its spreading like wildfire. Under fortunately, there are some people out there who just need to see it differently or need to stop getting their news from certain sources which say the virus is spreading down. In reality, its not. Well, thats a big factor as well. What your sources of news are. We may be heading to herd immunity, whether we want to get there or not. Well see where all of this goes in the weeks and months ahead. It is always a pleasure. Thank you for your time. Thank you. All right. You guys mentioned quarantine fatigue. Thats because today is the 101st day of the shelterinplace in the bay area. San francisco has gotten its variance which means the city is a go for reopening hair salons, nail slonls and more on monday. Today, mayor london breed toured the San Francisco zoo ahead of the reopening monday. Breed was joined by the board of supervisors president , norman yee. They fed some giraffes and met with some families. They said outdoor facilities like the zoo are safer for children to get outside and have something to do and some sense of normalcy. When i was a kid, i was a handsful. I would have felt so bad if i had to put my grandmother through the challenges of my personality, especially if we were dealing with Something Like covid at that time. So i know a lot of parents are really struggling. Capacity will be limited at the zoo when it s all visitors will have to make a timed reservation and make purchases jop line before they visit. Weve put together a resource to help you track whats open in the bay area. Youll find this inactive our webb. People will be able to pick you will smart thermometers. 8,800 devices will be available at the 19 locations where the School District distributes food for families. Abc7 news report he lyann with the details. Reporter these are the smart thermometers families will take home on monday. Another was conducted in mid may. There 2,000 thermometers were donated to fals. San francisco unified, a much larger district, will hand out 8,800 thermometers during the monday food pickup for at home first could help slow down the spread of the virus. We dont want them traveling on a bus or going all the way to school and then being in contact with other staff and students before we find out that they have symptoms. Reporter if a child or Family Member has a fever, they are asked to give out more information about their symptoms. Heres how the folks over at gma smabld the app. Do you have any other symptoms . Were going to say you have a cough. An earache and well say you have fatigue. This is going to make a determination based possible your age. Michael, we need to call the doctor. Reporter jarod says the person remains anonymous but the information on the symptoms given will help track the spread of any virus. On our Health Weather map, you can drill down at a county level to understand where there is level of high illness. For example, percentage of suspected people with influenzalike illness. Reporter it will likely not capture a fever when someone is asymptomatic. She was one of the first to use it and found the app helpful. As a apparently you want to make sure youre doing the right thing at all times. Especially if it is in the middle of the night and youre already panicking. I feel like there would be an app to tell you concrete things. Reporter abc7 news. People may be heading back to work but demands remains strong for the School Lunch Distribution program. Every thursday for the last 14 tweaks city and the santa clara unified School District have been handing out food to any student or family who needs help. On average they hand out 1,700 meals per week. Search for a cure. The Bay Area Research into the coronavirus. Where are we now . Ready to reopen. Six flags is ready for visitors once again. Youll see some big changes next month. Caught on kral. Were learning more about the woman seen on Surveillance Video coughing on a child. The search for cooling. I have found it for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub . Grubhubs gonna reward you for that with a 5 off perk. doorbell rings [crowd] grubhub fireworks exploding that could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Police are investigating after a woman was caught on camera coughing on a young child at a san jose yogurt land shop. The childs mother believes she and her family may have been attacked because of their race. Abc7 news report he chris nguyen has the latest. Reporter youve likely seen the video. In a dispute over social distancing, watch, as a woman appears to intentionally cough on a toddler inside a san jose yogurt land. It is now under investigation by police. The person of interest has since been voluntarily identified by her employer. The oak grove School District. Officials there releasing an updated statement which reads in part, the incident that occurred at yogurt land is despicable. There is no place in the oak grove School District for any employee who would deliberately cause harm to a child. If the district receives confirmation from sjpd that the individual involved in the yogurtland incident is our employee, we will take immediate action. Legal experts say the woman could face charges. Because of the fact that it is an adult who appears to be doing something in retaliation to a child, i think i think likely they would file misdemeanor battery. Reporter she is a former prosecutor for the District Attorneys Office and has represented individuals and corporations in both criminal and civil cases. She says these times of incidents have been on the rise since the rt at a of the covid19 pandemic. A lot of stress going on. We see a lot of behaviors that are not what we would expect of people in a certain circumstance. Police say they continue to follow up on tips and no arrests have been made. On social media, a petition is now active, calling for the woman to be fired from her job as an educator. Were seeing more problems from people trying to enforce following the protocol than from the person who is actually the one failing to have the protocol because we have people getting in fights in cars and in businesses and shouting out to people and things like that. District Officials Say theyve been receiving threats and damages to district property since news of the incident broke. In san jose. Abc7 news. In november, california voters will be asked to decide whether to bring affirmative action back to california. This after the senate followed the lead and passed aca 5 yesterday. Basically, voters will be asked to overturn prop 209 which they passed in 1996. And that prohibited the use of race or gender in University Admissions and rewarding public contracts. Today i spoke with the assemblyman who voted for aca 5 and he explained why. Generation after prom significance 20 neighbor said, we shouldnt have the bail to address structural racism. We think we should give the next generation a chance to decide race as well as gender ought to matter and how we address public employment, public contracting, and education. But opponentsaca 5 raise concerns that affirmative action could actually hurt diversity and would allow universities to prioritize race over other factors. A fire agency is trying to get the word out. Do not use fireworks. Contra costa fire tweeted out these photos saying theres been a four fold increase in grass fires this season compared to last season. 12 fires in june were caused by fireworks. Fireworks are illegal in Contra Costa County and officials said they want to you celebrate the fourth of july and have fun. But do so fireworks free. If you see smoke and fire, near santa teresa county park, dont worry about it. It is just a drill. The Fire Department is day andomorrow so new recruits can learn wild land firefighting practices, and the here. If they do have an uncontrolled fire later in the season, it will have less of an mack on the park. And we are removing with fire, nonnative ininvasive species like the star thistle so we dont have they will taking over the park. Some trails are closed during the training. It lasts until 6 00 tonight and then from 8 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. All right. Conditions still fairly warm. Lets check in with Spencer Christian to see how it is looking temperaturewise. Spencer . Okay. It is not only quite warm. Weve got some cooling right around the corner. It is still breezy outside. That has been our pattern the last several days. We have grounds i keep saying that. Surface speeds. 22 miles an hour. Notice the 24hour temperature change despite it was quite toasty. Right now, its generally a few degrees cooler across most of the area than it was at this time yesterday. So lets take a look at some current temperature readings. 64 in San Francisco. 68 in oakland. Weve got upper 70s at mountain view. 80 in gilroy and a cool vinyl at half moon bay. 79 degrees in santa rosa, anerluma, 85. Tyrm. 0s in d as we look across the embarcadero from our roof top camera, well see areas of fog once again tomorrow morning. Mild coastal conditions. Hot inland tomorrow afternoon. And well have a cooler and windier pat reminder in the afternoon. Speaking of the heat, we have a heat advisory in Solano County until 8 00 p. M. Saturday. And in much of mendocino and all of lake counties, we have that heat advisory in if he can until 10 00 tomorrow night under these conditions. The heatrelated illness is possible. The forecast animation shows the usual pattern, this time of day with the fog along the coast late tonight. Pushing across the bay and locally inland. Well have another sunny day and more lingering fog at the coast. Lows will be mainly in the upper 50s. Thats a mild overnight pat person has been with us for a while. Tomorrows highs will range from low 60s at the coast to mainly upper 70s to near 80 along the bay shoreline. And low to mid 80s generally in our inland area. Looking to saturday. There will be a slight cooldown. There will be serious cooling on sunday with windy and cooler conditions all across the region. Well see temperatures rebound but it will warm up slightly around the bay as well. Gradual cooling into saturday. We see the change of temperatures and then midweek, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. You will see the typical summer spread of low to mid 90s inland, along the bay, and mid 60s along the coast. So lots of changes coming up. The biggest one on sunday when the winds start gusting. Thank you. Coming up, the search for a cure for covid19. Several bay area studies are i wanted my hepatitis c gone. I put off treating mine. Epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. Whatever your type, epclusa could be your kind of cure. I just found out about mine. C mine caused liver damage. Epclusa is only one pill, once a day, taken with or without food for 12 weeks. Before starting epclusa, your doctor will test if you have had hepatitis b, which may flare up, and could cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. Tell your doctor if you have had hepatitis b, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or other medical conditions. And all medicines you take, including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with epclusa may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects include headache and tiredness. Ask your doctor today, if epclusa is your kind of cure. Every year, you can see spectacular celebrities at aids walk San Francisco. This year they are coming to you join bette midler Gloria Estefan matt bomer stars of queer eye rupauls drag race superstars. For aids walk San Francisco live at home, d thr reef efrts all over t. Register now at aidswalk. Net abc7 is committed to building a better bay area. One of the field goalal points is your health. The covid crisis has launched an intense search for drugs to treat the virus. Thats going on in the bay area. It is happening all around the world, in fact. Many of those drug studies were approaching the challenge from different directions, but all with an urgent time line. Abc7 news anchor dan ashley has an update on where we are now. Reporter as researchers scramble to identify new drugs for covid19, the strategy is to hit this new enemy from all sides. Some blows have landed. Others, well, theyve missed. The majority of drugs are still circling the ring. There are plenty of things out there ready to be tested. There are probably 90 different drugs out there. Reporter the ucsf cancer researcher have turned the nationwide network known as ispy. Short term trials through more than a dozen Major Research centers. Everything from drugs that might treat organ damage to anl viral thats might attack head on. We will have remdesivir as the back bone. So we have an antiviral in there. And we have add