to 48 hours that the backlog that is between 250,000 and 300,000 records will be resolved giving us a better sense of the total number of tests that were delayed. california health and human services secretary dr. mark galley admits most of the unreported records are most likely covid-19 test samples but not all. however, without a resolution two very important metrics. total cases and percent positivity remain unclear for counties across the state. what we re getting is correct but we re not getting all of it. reporter: santa clara county testing officer says meantime it s business as usual while flying blind. the state says it put a freeze on its coronavirus watch list. that means no county is being added or dropped until state health officials are confident the data is correct. salono county public health officer dr. balum says his office noticed the difference ins numbers july 23rd. they immediately notified the state. he says at its core the massive delay presents
that will help the restaurant industry. made it clear today people should remain inside no matter the weather. people are prone to want to go to the beaches and parks and i expect they will be a significant increase. but i think if there is, and people aren t practicing physical distancing, i ll be announcing the numbers going back up. the hardest thing for care givers to see is people alone. who are very sick. and under normal circumstances would be surrounded by loved ones. that anguish is ever so apparent in new york. hardest hit city in the united states. medical teams traveled there to deal with the overwhelming case loads. we re hearing from one of those doctors. it s taking an emotional toll. new york city the epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic in the u.s. latest count over 150,000 cases. 11,000 deaths. more people have died in this city per capita than italy. i don t think has seen anything like this. in this war against covid-19. in new york city, help
with the high cost of tuition and a smaller pool of students, some liberal arts schools are struggling to survive, and not all of them will as our scott cohn found, many colleges are making major changes, and it s this week s cover story. at hiram college outside cleveland, with about 1,000 students, they knew small liberal arts schools were not exactly in vogue their solution change the definition of liberal arts we looked at the curriculum, we looked at the graduation requirements, we looked at technology, we looked at the 21st century skillset and mindset that students need to demonstrate to employers reporter: gone are stodgy old majors like art history and religion in are more career-oriented majors like criminal justice and sport management i think they do a really good job of preparing you for your career but also in life. reporter: hiram s president says the changes, which have also included reducing the faculty by 20%, helped convince lenders to refinance $
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going on. kpix 5 at 7:00 starts right now with hundreds of passengers stuck on b.a.r.t. before being plunged into darkness. i m alan martin. and i am elizabeth cook. the riders had to get off the train in a dark tunnel. andria borba live with what happened. reporter: this was the commute that no one expected on their way into oakland today, but it is the one they got. more like the bowels of b.a.r.t., 421 passengers got an unexpected walking tour of b.a.r.t. after one of the future trains came to an unexpected stop on the richmond-freeman line. i was thrown back into my seat. i stood up, and i was thrown back like someone unplugged the electric. reporter: that s when the waiting began, followed by walking. for about a block. to 12th street station in the dark. because 12th street was so close, it was decided we would have them walk a few hundred feet to the platform because that was the fastest way to get them out of the train went on their way. reporter: b.a.r.