with tradition during wednesday ceremony but as our washington dc correspondent anna wiernicki reports the historic days already poised to look a lot different diana. hey good afternoon that s absolutely right typically inauguration day and the days leading up to a big celebration but this year, there s no crowds cheering or spectators to welcome president elect joe biden. and the first lady instead the streets of washington dc are lined with thousands of armed soldiers. next journey to washington. starts here on tuesday. president elect joe biden fought back tears in wilmington, delaware, as he bid farewell to his hometown excuse the emotion. when i die. doe or my heart biden said the goodbye is bittersweet but he s ready to get to work in washington don t tell me. things can change. they can. and they do biden is returning to a different dc with most of the city shut down and thousands of our national guard troops lining the perimeter of the u.s. capitol where on wedn
as hospitals, thousands of people continue to die daily from the coronavirus thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 03:00pm i m sanaz tahernia a warning from doctor grant colfax today as cases surge out of control but first we start with breaking news this afternoon just into the newsroom. the new more contagious covid-19 variant has been detected for the first time here in the u.s. the governor of colorado confirmed the infection in his state today. colorado health officials say the infected individual is a man in his 20 s who has no travel history. he s currently in isolation outside of denver. the variant is the same one that has been rapidly circulating across the uk and has been detected in at least 17 other countries. now we start today with the surge of coronavirus cases that continue to rage throughout the state memorial hospital in los angeles says they re at 140% icu capacity in at least 2 california regions have 0 icu bed availability now according to californ
longer san francisco extends its stay at home order and travel quarantine for anyone returning to the city. thank you for joining us said this new year s eve here on kron 4 news at 3 i m sanaz tahernia the city today said it does not appear the bay area will get above 15% available icu capacity by january 7th, which is when the stay at home order was expected to us expire as long as covid numbers improved kron four s charles cooper joins us live from san francisco with details on that hi charles. either san francisco s actually made some progress in slowing the spread of coronavirus here in the city but because cases are still climbing statewide and across the bay area because hospitals in our region are approaching full capacity, the city has decided to extend its stay at home order. san francisco s current stay at home order began on december 14th and was scheduled to end on january 4th, but will now continue indefinitely the decision comes as a new variant of the coronav
at 3 i m tahernia we start today with a grim prediction from governor newsome. breaking news into the newsroom governor newsome posted an update to our state icu capacity delivering a grim message on the number of cases increases in deaths here in states. let s listen to part of what he had to say as he breaks down some of the recent numbers. biopsy can really absorb get a sense of where we really are in terms of total number of average cases but also what s happened or hospitals in what s happening i see use 117% increase. as you look at the 7 day average number of cases over 2 week period. you can see from 9453 covid positive patients in our hospitals, 70% increase again over just a 2 week period. now over 16,019 covid plus hospitalized patients icu similarly 58% increase 2182. now to 3,400 and 47 you can see what happens. over a period of days and weeks not months. so i want to be right here right here reminding you where we are in the midst of this pandemic with a sense
workers in san francisco received the initial doses of the pfizer vaccine today. officials urging continued caution and patience as we work towards beating the pandemic thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i m sanaz tahernia the first person in san francisco to get the shot was doctor antonio gomez he serves as the medical director of critical care services. a coburg san francisco general hospital this is a big story we are following today. we go now to kron four s dan kerman who is live in san francisco with more on this historic day for the bay area. hi dan. this is really a start here soon as we can tell you this is just some of the 12,000 plus doses. it is the initial allotment to san francisco. it s going to acute care facilities like here at zuckerberg general hospital let s take some video. we can show you the doctor you are speaking up getting his first dose and other medical professionals getting theirs as you know this is the pfizer vaccine and it req