11 59 p. M. The majority of the bay area started this order. Napa, san mateo, santa cruz andd solano county. Here to talk with us is the countys health officer. Hows it going, doctor . Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Whats been the county trend for new cases positivity . We have been seeing a very, very significant increase in new cases. Today weve had over 300 reported which for us is a large number. The total number of cases daily has gone up significantly. The number of hospitalizations has gone up very significantly and not surprisingly weve seen a very Significant Impact on our icus today. The percentage is at 13 , which is the region as a whole. What happens when you run out of icus, it doesnt mean people wont get the care. I think under normal circumstances, yes, we would increase the number of icu beds but that requires staff to be able to provide care for those additional beds. The hospitals, too, are having absenteeism from covid. Their staff are members of our c
Down for some of our southern regions of the bay and we will continue to see conditions drying out further and further north as we work our way later on this morning right now were in the 40s and 50s im talking what to expect later on for this monday still to come in your forecast rob all right. Thank you john ive been checking the roads just keeping an eye on your commute this morning and im a little surprised that we dont have more crashes out there you know what happens when it rains right folks are just spinning out in flipping over. Its very quiet really in the 5 oclock hour we are expecting some heavier traffic but for now youre good on 80 heading into San Francisco. Were checking out the pay gates we see the raindrops on the camera here but a great trip across the upper deck right on through downtown San Francisco to come on in all right, lets get over to 92 shower your trip across the san mateo bridge a little busy not bad. The brake lights are filling in, but no big problems i
Statewide. Thousands of restaurants just got the green light to resume onsite dining with safety protocols. Despite the state order banning it. A judge clarify today, a ruling he issued yesterday protecting to strip clubs from the shutdown also extends to dining. Several bay area restaurants have a miller lawsuit against this date. Also right now, deaths and daily cases are skyrocketing statewide, in the past 24 hours alone, 300 and daily cases are skyrocketing statewide, in the past 24 hours alone, 379 people have died. And more than 52,000 cases have been added. Positivity rates soaring now past 11 . Good evening. Looking live at sfo, where the numbers are climbing. Katie nielsen reports, San Francisco is taking no chances when it comes to travelers. The new quarantine order goes into effect just after midnight tonight, Public Health Officials Say it is a necessary next up and slowing the spread of covid19. We cannot afford another increase in cases. Reporter the director of Public H
Earlier this month today, californias Top Health Officials said that he is seeing significant increases in covid cases all across the state and warned things are likely to get even worse doctor mark galli says hospitalizations increased 71 in the last 2 weeks tonight more than 11,000 people are currently in the hospital because of covid19 complications that is the most the state has seen since the pandemic started back in march admissions to intensive care units have also increased by nearly 70 compared to 2 weeks ago state leaders defended the latest regional stay at home order policy today saying they expect the numbers to only get worse. Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay areas around 25 . Only this owl king valley and Southern California are required to be under regional stay at home order because their icu capacities have fallen below the states 15 threshold to help curb the spread of the virus and keep a local hospitals for running out of beds. These 5 bay area counties t
Coming up, how Many Americans are expected to travel as soon as today. And building faith in the covid19 vaccine. Take a look. While you were sleeping Vice President mike pence and his wife karen pence both got shots just about an hour ago as cameras were rolling. The third hour of today in the bay continues. And it is good to be with you on this friday morning. Im kris sanchez in for laura garcia. And happy friday. Im cierra johnson. Marcus has the morning off. Here we are along with vianey and kari hall to get your weekend forecast. Kari, how will it look this weekend . Its going to look very nice. Were starting out coldnd weve had some clear skies with this picture. So much more different compared to yesterday where it was raining and so were dry now. Were going to have these frosty temperatures. Were going to see more mornings like this going into the weekend as the dry weather continues. Were also going to see our highs reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s, and the dry weather