Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all
Are lower than others, you can see that overall cases continue to go up and down in a similar rate as in midmarch when the shelterinplace order began. Of the six counties, the latest numbers show Alameda County currently has the highest number of positive cases with 3,049. Marin county currently has the lowest case with positive 420. In both county, the demographics of who is testing positive is strikingly similar. According to public data, in Alameda County, there were more male cases than female. The largest number of cases were between the ages of 18 and 30, and the largest racial group by far is latino. In marin county, public data also shows more male cases than female. The largest number of cases between the age of 35 and 49. And again, the largest racial group, latino. In fact, latinos make up 52 of marin county cases, despite making up just 16 of the countys population. But its not just about the number of cases in the county. The case rate, which shows cases per capita, is als
29, 30. And thats what were going to hold it right now. A maximum of 30 people were allowed in initially. William pham was first. He says the people waiting were getting a little frustrated. At first it was okay. Maybe when it gets closer to go, it got a little hectic. Shop. 31 and 32 had to wait until two customers left, and they were not happy about folks in line standing so close. Were not going make foolish decisions. Were going stay our six feet. But thats on them. The Sneaker Store was the only really busy business inside. Masks ma. The food court is open but some chairs have been removed to keep diners farther apart. The mall itself is open, but not every store inside the mall is open. The general manager tells me about 50 are still shut down. And some of the big chains like jcpenney and macys, they all reopen next week. But locally owned businesses like slime world, yes, they do make custom slime for kids parties and the like are open and prepare fog see regular customers again
You can see some rain drops. It has been rainy and windy. That is having an impact on flights. They have been seeing delays on average of about one hour and 55 minutes. We will bring in ktvu bet garland scott. It is moving out for some of us. This storm really having the biggest impact on the morning commute. Lot of accidents affecting the bay area travel on the roadways. Here is the live camera. It looks like the rainfall has tapered off a bit. Still some slick roadways. Take a look at the number so far. Kentfield, over an inch of rain. Santa rosa, 0. 74. Not as much but we are adding to the numbers especially in the south bay. Here is the progression of this frontal band. Those rainfall rates really jumping up quickly this morning. Winter storm warnings towards lake county, the sierra. As we come in closer, we have a flood advisory for portions of redwood city, fremont, san jose, morgan hill. This has been extended until 12 30 this afternoon. This indicating the possibility of minor