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
Coronavirus Task Force Meeting about issuing a blanket order for the entire country, but mister trump is standing fast saying its up to each state to determine how to handle coronavirus. In every state in this country. First we got to see a governors done with it doing theyve been doing a great job because were close to 90 anyway. States and were talking about. Not in jeopardy. Now i would leave it to the governors. And that decision comes on the same day where we saw the deadliest day in the u. S. During this pandemic 1423 people died today. We have more than 7100 deaths total and 277. 1000 cases in the u. S. New york far away the hardest hit state. There are nearly 100 or the just over 103,000 cases there and nearly 3,000 deaths in new york state and there are new guidelines tonight from the cdc on how americans can protect themselves while continuing social distancing guidelines. Nadia romero has thlatest now from washington. In fridays White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing an
Reduced since the stay at home order has issued. You just heard from the San Francisco city officials and their latest response. Turning now to sacramento where the governor is expected to make a big announcement on homelessness and coronavirus. Lets listen in live. Mayor who is here. Kara larson from the county around the issue of homelessness. We are at a facility here in the sacramento area that currently has 30 individuals that were on the streets and in camps that were l motejust recently e street, to start the process of basically de de let me back up. To basically decompress and to address the risks of homelessness and the issues of coronavirus as it relates to the impact on the Homeless Population throughout the state. This has been a point of concern. A top priority since the crisis started to manifest. We are very pleased today with the partnership we have with fema, that we have with counties up and down the state of california that we have identified roughly seven thousand
Gov. Newsom thank you, everybody for your indulgence as we are here in the sacramento area to make a number of announcementsarea to make a numf announcements and continue our daily briefings. The announcement today, with mayor steinberg and a wrap from the county on the issue of homelessness. The facility we are at a facility in the sacramento area that currently has dirty individuals who were out on the streets who were brought in has 30 individuals who are on the streets and were brought in ofently to begin the process 0 let me back up. To basically decompress. And to address the real vulnerabilities of homelessness in this state and the issues of covid19 as it relates to the Homeless Population throughout the states. This has been a point of real concern for all of us for a number of months a top priority since the covid crisis began to manifest. We are pleased to date with the partnership we have with fema, the partnerships we have with counties up and down the states in california
Talk about the states response. I believe he is stepping up to the podium. Lets listen in to Governor Newsom. Wear here in the sacramento area to make a number of announcements and continue our daily briefings. At the announcement today is an announcement that is near and dear to me an to mayor stainberg and karen larson around the the issue of homelessness. We are at fay silt here in the sacramento area that currently has 30 individuals that were out e streets in encampments that were brought recently to get them off the street to begin the process of basically de well, let me back up. To basically decompress and moreover to address the real vulnerabilities of homelessness in this state and the ins of covid19 as it relates to the impact on the Homeless Population throughout the state. This has been a point of real concern for all of us for a number of months. A top priority since the covid crisis began to manfest. We are pleased today with the partnership we have with fema, the partne