The governor also said he is working with the federal government to obtain hundreds of thousands of swabs and other necessary testing equipment. Taking a look now at the bay area Santa Clara County has reported close to 2000 coronavirus cases and 94 people have died. Alameda county is over 1200 cases with 45 debts. San francisco also has more than 1200 cases and 21 people have died there. In the 9 bay area counties there are close to 7000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 238 people have died be the governor also spoke today about what is happening in Santa Clara County about a report the. Officials are saying the 1st death in the u. S. Linked to the coronavirus happened much earlier than 1st thought. Early february is when they have been. Jesse has more now on those findings and what they could mean moving forward in the fight against covid19. It was somewhat surprising, but not completely because when we identified our 1st travel associated cases in late january we had a very na
That i know so many of you demand and deserve. Reporter we are making progress, but we are neither there yet. That is the message from governor gavin newsom. Good evening, everyone. The governor says the curve has been flattened and hospitalizations and icu numbers have leveled off. Widespread testing have to be available before the state can reopen. Governor newsom has set a goal of 60,000 tests each day, up from the 16,000 that are available right now. He also said President Trump told him the 100,000 testing swabs are on the way, with 250,000 coming to california the following week. The governor said ramped up testing will supporting strong Contact Tracing program to identify people who have been exposed to the virus. The governor did announce one modification to the current shelter in place, hes allowing hospitals to resume surgeries and other procedures that were delayed. Resuming surgeries is a big relief to patients and doctors alike. Hospitals need the procedures for revenue an
Mallicoat. Good morning i am Claudine Wong and lets go to like being the first to check in. Meteorologist Rosemary Orozco for the forecast and we all got or the first to try you hand at the culinary arts. The purple memo today, frank or all the arts. Be the first to volunteer. Or the first to say its all going to be okay. Pointed out first and i love we are all on the same wavelength if not in the same building. And when the day comes, that is right i am feeling your when were no longer looking at our worlds from the inside out. It will be what we did in here vibe. And we have potted plants with that will make us stronger out there. Purple behind me, waking up the cloud cover along the coastline and parts of the bay, cooler whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Temperatures for many around the bay area and this is a look from the east bay towards the lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance bay bridge and into San Francisco where you can see the please,
Stadium are underway for the first ever ticketed game at the stadium. And you can see the players are on the field here, but as you mentioned, these are not football players, not the 49ers, these are soccer players, with the san jose earthquakes, as they prepare for tomorrows game when they take on the seattle sounders. Along with practice, plenty of lastminute preps are underway and reps with the earthquakes expect a sellout, around 40,000 tickets sold, which was the cap. But not the stadiums capacity, which is at about 60,000. Reps with the team also say they are excited, but urging everyone to get here with plenty of time. The stadium is impressive. You know, if im a fan getting here this weekend, obviously, theres traffic going to any event, so if im coming to this game, im getting here early. Im going to walk into that stadium a couple of hours before, take a look at what the niners have to offer, all the concession stands, take some pictures is and really enjoy this experience. A
It destroyed eight homes and 20 out buildings and forced the evacuation os of a number of homes and small hospital in the town of bernie. This is just one of the fires. More evacuations could be announced. You have to have your bags packed, all of your clothes ready, tent, sleeping bag, all that stuff ready to go and be out the door within an hour of the call. A slew of bay area Fire Agencies have in on this battle. Christie smith is joining us now from san jose where crews took off two hours a i go. Firefighters have been leaving from the south bay and peninsula all evening. The latest group left from san jose. What firefighters are telling us is that state of the Emergency Declaration is very important because it opens the door for more resources given the magnitude of the these fires. Its early august. California historically, the season gets going in september and october. Reporter strike teams from Santa Clara County deployed this etching from san jose with more than a dozen fires