now 3 san francisco mayor london breed warning the city is preparing to announce new restrictions this week as coronavirus spreads rampantly thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i m tahernia during a press conference this afternoon mayor london breed and doctor colfax saying restrictions could be issued as early as tomorrow. kron four s dan kerman joins us live from san francisco with the concerning details. dan. well that s right things have gone from bad to worse as far as covid is concern here in the city in the last 10 days hospitalizations have more than doubled cases are 4 times what they were a month ago during an online briefing today both the mayor and the health director said changes are coming and they could come as soon as tomorrow. we are now in the most dangerous period. so this pandemic we need to do everything we can stay ahead of our hospitals, not being overrun this is about saving lives, everything we re asking you to do on the coming weeks
hospitalizations are surging out of control in california, 45 counties are now in the state s most restrictive tier meaning the spread of covid-19 is widespread. thanks for joining us today at 3 i m sanaz tahernia hospitalizations have increased 81% over the last 2 weeks in cases here in the bay area have now surpassed 138,000. all of these numbers increasing right ahead of the thanksgiving holiday when many people are hoping to gather with their families our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala is live for us in sacramento with more on california s latest covid-19 update ashleigh. yes and as well the state s top health official doctor mark galli says that those hospitalizations and covid-19 cases are surging in the state that s leading he and other state leaders to request a 7 counties to take a step back in the states tiered reopening system with an even larger majority of counties and the state s most restrictive tier. statewide i don t believe we ve ever seen as many h
milestone, california is close to the 1 million mark of covid-19 cases over 991,000 cases have been reported in the state as of today. the men number keeps going up. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i m justine waltman the u.s. has surpassed 10 million infections and now california will be the second state right behind texas to eclipse a million known cases which is now forcing the state to roll back reopening plans and also new today alameda county becomes the latest bay area county to pause its reopening plans. currently alameda is in the state s orange tier which allows some indoor businesses to operate with modified health orders but health officials say they re expected to move backwards into the red tier really soon so if the county does not curb its infection rate. there is a chance in may have to go back even further into the purple tier which would force many non essential indoor businesses to close kron four s terisa stasio is following the
news at 3. i ask everyone to stay calm. all the people to stay calm. the process is working. the count is being completed. will know very soon. now with 3 former vice president joe biden is urging patients with the american people as we anxiously await the results for the next president of the united states. thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 your local election headquarters. i m justine waldman we re also just getting word right now that president trump plans to speak at around 3.30 this afternoon as soon as that happens we ll bring it to you live. right here on kron 4. meanwhile, we re just 2 days after the election. and all eyes are still on the race to 270 electoral votes, joe biden is still leading at this hour with 264 it s been stuck there for about 24 hours now. let s take a look now at the electoral college vote map provided by the associated press. we see joe biden still sticking at 264. president donald trump a 214. 270 is what s needed to win the ba
red flag warning has been issued as high winds and warm temperatures cause increased fire danger putting the bay area on high alert. thank you for joining us at 3 i m sanaz tahernia the genie is also ready to shut off power to try to prevent a major wildfire. the utility says the potential power shut off could happen as early as tomorrow afternoon affecting more than 22,000 customers take a look at what bay area counties could be affected by the power shut off. those counties are alameda contra costa santa clara and san mateo napa sonoma and solano counties, the highest probability areas or the north bay mountains near mount saint helene small pockets in the east bay near mount diablo the oakland hills east of piedmont and portions of the santa cruz area. and the power shut-offs do need to happen in your area you will be notified in advance via text call or email. again thanks for joining us here at kron 4 news we ve got maureen kelly she s joining us live from napa high morn