Today. More than 600 inmates are infected. Here are the latest numbers. 560 inmates have been infected in the last 14 days. State prison officials floated the idea of transferring dozens of inmates from san quentin outside of bakersfield. According to the chronicle, the plan is on hold. Inmates spoke out during a virtual town hall today. I really honestly feel like the way out of this is to reduce the population drastically. It also means stopping transfers too. We should not be spreading the infection around the state. Concerned families of loved ones have delivered a letter to the warden demanding action. Covid19 cases half past the 2. 5 million mark. Florida reported 10,000 new cases, another single day record. The mayor of miamidade is shutting all county beaches there until the fourth of july weekend and maybe longer. In texas, Small Business owners face new concerns after the governor ordered bars shot and restrict restaurant capacity. We were hoping it would turn around by may,
Growing concern, both among those working on the front lines and those left behind deemed nonessential. As a growing number of americans face unemployment and hunger, depression and suicide are now coming into sharp focus. Heres abcs will carr. Reporter across the country, millions are struggling with our new reality. I think in waves the reality of whats happening hits me. And the uncertainty and the scale of it i think is really hard to hold for a continued period of time. The hardest challenge and one of the first kind of waves that impacted my Mental Health was just the homesickness. For a couple of days youll be okay, especially if you can go outside, spend some time. But if a day like yesterday happens where its raining, then you kind of get sad and youre stuck indoors and dont really feel like you have any space to yourself anymore. At any moment i could be holding a covid patient while were cleaning them, and inches away from me, theyre coughing. Its pretty unnerving at times.
Are you wearing purple by chance. Reporter pancreatic cancer. Reporter thank you karen. Thank you for coming out for purple stride. We did a lot of work there. We have clouds and a line of showers coming through in the last couple of hours looks like its mainly pushing to the east of philadelphia. Ill give you a closer look of those on Storm Tracker 6 live in just a couple of minutes. 49 degrees is the current temperature, roads are wet where it is shifting to the east. 48 degrees in allentown. 46 in reading. 46 in trenton. 47 this wilmington. 50 degrees in millville. 54 in cape may. As we roll through the day, its going to be milder, 47 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 54. Were expecting a high of 58 by 3 00 p. M. Were looking at a mix of clouds and sun, and popup shower in the afternoon hours. Eventually, sun comes out, 55 degrees. It will be cooler in the evening hours, the rain will be a minor player once we get past the Morning Hours and temperatures come up. It will be windy. 42 in th
Developing now on action news an elderly man is found dead inside a home. We have an update on the investigation. Today could mark the beginning of the end of the src. The bodies that control the board are about to take a crucial vote. Accuweather is tracking rain followed by increasing wind. Pick your poison, rain, windy, david and karen. Reporter i would pick wind because rain messes up the road. Reporter how about both of them. The rain came through on the accuweather schedule. Looking at future tracker 6 double scan its breaking down pushing north and east of philadelphia, but even where you dont see the green there could drips coming off the trees and it is going to take a little while for everything to dry out. The movement of the precipitation is off to the north and east, though, as you can see were in the process of improving. Temperatures are mild, 48 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in allentown rm 4 48 in trenton. 57 in wilmington, 50 in millville. Not too bad, assuming you have
It caused problems on the road. Got to point out a lot of purple on the set for pancreatic cancer day. Thank you for helping out pan can. Org organization. Most of the rain is gone, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan is tracking right sprinkles and showers pushing east of philadelphia some of it in the heart of south jersey a little bit more by allentown and points north, you know other than trenton they are starting to die down and even trenton will dry out before too much longer. Temperatures as promised are mild. 48 degrees in philadelphia. 48 in trenton. You will want a jacket, but this is nothing like the 30s we experienced the last couple of mornings. 47 in allentown and wilmington, 52 in cape may. As we go through the afternoon it will be milder with a couple of caveats there. 54 degrees by noon. Theres the high, 3 00 p. M. , 58. Its above average. We have the slight chance of a spotty brief shower popping up later this afternoon. After 3 00 p. M. , that she had be done, i think w