Now at 9 as most of the bay area transitions into phase 2 of reopening the number of covid19 related fatalities in the nation has now surpassed 90,000 raising concerns about a second wave. Good evening, everybody, im paying more and im ken wayne, the first known us coronavirus related fatality was back on february 6th. Since then 10s of thousands of americans have died and tonight there are more than 1. 5 million cases in the United States this as state after state relaxes a social distance, the rules and restrictions today experts say only 18 say showed a downward trend of new cases last february it was im sorry last friday it was 28 states. It is not clear if the increase in cases is because of more testing whether the virus is just spreading more now that so many places are back open. Heres a look at the numbers globally there is close to 5 there are close to 5 million cases more than 318,000 deaths in california more than 81,000 cases more than 3,000 deaths in the bay area more tha
Kron fours dan thorn talk to a local doctor about what that could mean for the next 3 months. Its a grim milestone in the covid19 pandemic 90,000 us deaths over the course of a few months since the outbreak began. Many people are anxious to get back to a normal life, but the numbers tell us the virus is still a big problem its its a big number its not that. Well. And rich. Doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says as businesses reopen and more people get out they need to keep in mind how easily covid19 can spread he contributes some of the numbers going down to shelterinplace orders which changed our behavior, however, the doctor says that does not mean we should rush back to the way things were. I was just just right very rapidly and very easily. If we were to go back like the storm like this we knew before models are projected covid19 deaths have fluctuated over the last few months the latest numbers from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation show by august more
Its efficacy and its safety. Good morning. Thank you 05 00am today is tuesday may 19th im James Fletcher and im darya folsom in our big story this morning is california relaxing more areas, the rules are going to be loosening. In a majority of counties now in the state that are starting to reopen governor newson estimates all but 5 of californias 58 counties are likely eligible to start offering in restaurant dining ys in the coming weeks. Counties that meet the new criteria can also begin opening schools with modifications criteria requires counties to have a stable covid19 related hospitalizations and with no more than 20 covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks of this is an ongoing thing theyre going to be monitoring counties must also have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 residents. In the last 2 weeks for less than 8 of tests coming back positive in the last 7 days a lot of requirements. Governor newsome is painting a brighter outlook though for june. Expect if we hold the rate.
And in his shall we say week group has but hes more visibly of these 6. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responding to President Trumps revelation that hes been taking hydroxychloroquine despite an fda warning about the drugs safety and efficacy of the covid19. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday may 19th im James Fletcher and im darya folsom in our big story is california relaxing the rules in more counties. Allowing some businesses to reopen governor newsome estimates all but 5 of the 58 counties across the state are likely eligible to begin offering in restaurant dining in just the coming weeks. Counties that meet the new criteria can also begin opening schools with modification yeah, the new criteria requires counties to have a stable covid19 related hospitalizations with no more than 20. Covid hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks counties must also have fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 in the last 2 weeks or less than 8 of tests coming back positive in the last 7 days so some pretty
But the numbers tell us the virus is still a big problem its its a big number its not that. Well. And which. Doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says as businesses reopen and more people get out they need to keep in mind how easily covid19 can spread he contributes some of the numbers going down to shelterinplace orders which changed our behavior, however, the doctor says that does not mean we should rush back to the way things were. I was still spread very rapidly and very easily. If we were to go back like the storm like this we knew it before. Models are projected covid19 deaths have fluctuated over the last few months the latest numbers from the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation show by august more than 140,000 americans will have died from the virus doctor stacy says these numbers are predictions based on an increase in Human Interaction over the next few months even as we start activities free up that it doesnt mean that we. Dont need to start very cautious