How many people were out here. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area. The u. S. Records the single deadliest day since the pandemic began. More than 3100 deaths. Here in california, we have had more than 18,000 new cases and 113 deaths in just the past 24 hours. Positivity rate now at 7 . Good evening, im lisbeth cook. Im ken bastida. Heres the new plan to deal with the search. He is breaking up the state into five separate zones. If intensive care unit capacity falls below 15 , in any one of those zones, it will get hit with new stayathome orders. Ken and elizabeth, they are in danger of falling below the 15 threshold and just the next few days. Almost every region in the state is vulnerable to the new stayathome order role. Must we do more than weve ever done. The match to determine if a region goes back to full shelter in place order is icu capacity, if it dips below 15 , a regional move into a minimum three week long shut down. Nearly 4 times the rate of transmission, going on in o
System will be overwhelmed. We dont act now, well continue to see a death rate climb more lives lost. With that Governor Newsom said hes pulling the emergency brake issuing a stayathome order for three weeks with any region with icu capacity falling below 15 . Its all part of a regional strategy well defined within the hospital and Health Care Delivery system. Weve defined these five regions, northern california, greater sacramento, bay area, San Joaquin Valley and the larger region in southern california. For the bay area, the stay at home coorder could come soon to late december. Hair salons, gyms, nail salons could shut down again. They are asking californians not to gather with anyone outside the household. The governor made the case with californias surging covid19 numbers. With spikes in the sevenday positivity rates, hospitalizations and deaths. Just in the last 14 days, close to 1,000 californians have lost their lives due to covid19. What can stay open, critical infrastructure
Of our mornings in a whole lot brighter than weve been as well. Air quality has improved because of an ice, a sea breeze that has pushed steadily in the past few days we are seeing low clouds at the coast. So do watch some foggy spots out there, but dont have to watch so closely air quality today as we see good to moderate conditions all across the board only a couple of moderate pockets remaining so get out there and enjoy what will be a very nice one for definitely breathing easy 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with 67 right now in oakland, San Francisco and berkeley in the low 60s, little cooler up in the north bay im talking what to expect today and for the weekend ahead of us to still to come. Robin. Thank you john its quite busy on some of our bridges the bay bridge 80 west, its recovering from 2 earlier crashes so its still quite slow. Its still backed up through the bottom of the maze so just get out there early if you plan on heading into San Francisco because youre
Aloft on or orange wednesday yesterday you started to detect it more and more as you step outside. This morning even worse yet as definitely hazy and also a little foggy there at the coastline. You notice that some of our worst air quality is right up and down the coast, not just for inland valleys and theres a reason for this. Lets look a look take a look at this satellite imagery from noaa right here you can see just a few days ago that smoke that was blanketing the entirety of the west coast here. Now what youre also noticing is those oregon wildfires, wheres that smoke heading right out in the pacific. Its now being pushed right into the coast. Thats why some of our coastal areas in the bay itself. Actually has some of the worst air quality this morning and thats only making for more smoke pushing into the bay as compared to what we already had on top of us which is blocked out sunlight for a couple of days now so very poor air quality and for 2 reasons California Wildfires and tho
Way through this morning, its because of fog and then of course because of this wildfire smoke also away from it for just a can get the full picture. The deep deep red right there we havent had that on the map yet weve had consecutive air quality days spare the air alert days that have set records and this is the worst yet so thats saying something where getting used to bad air but this is exceptionally bad north bay, coastal areas, peninsula and all of the east bay lit up in that deep red indicating the worst of conditions not just in the bay, but really the world this morning now why our conditions so bad in only were sitting across the bay area. Well the smoke that weve had from her California Wildfires is only sinking deeper. Now we also have smoke from oregon fires making its where direction. This was days ago on wednesday, you can see how that wildfire smoke from oregon was being pushed offshore out into the pacific will 10 a couple days to settle down now and now that we are loo