Top story tonight, the spread of the coronavirus here in the us and right here in the bay area and tonight Health Officials in Washington State say 6 people have now died after contracting the virus 5 of those people. Were from king county and one was from the homeless county just north of seattle researchers say the virus may have been circulating for weeks undetected and the governor has now declared a state of emergency tonight. Were also learning about several new cases in the bay area this morning Health Officials announced 2 new cases, a coronavirus in Santa Clara County, this brings the total number of coronavirus cases in that county to 9 in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested. Presumptive positive for the coronavirus that means that person has tested positive at a Public Health lab. And officials are just awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc. The adult patient is now being hospitalized there in isolation and in this case, the source of the p
Hit City Health Officials saying it is not a matter of when of if but when last week, San Francisco declared a local emergency today, the city has taken more steps to prepare and reach out to the citys most vulnerable populations. Kron fours dan kerman live for us at city hall tonight, he joins us with more on what the mayor had to say fan. Well you know not if but when and thats because theyre going to be ramping up testing actually doing testing for the coronavirus right here in San Francisco and with more testing will come more positive test thats just one of the things. That they are doing to prepare for the onset of a possible outbreak here. We must be ready because we know its coming. Its not a matter of if its really a matter of when. San Francisco Mayor london breed talking about how while still free of the coronavirus it will happen here in San Francisco must be prepared. The mayor made her comments at a News Conference monday as Health Officials announced the Citys Department
Outbreak to hit City Health Officials say it is not a matter of if but when Health Officials announced 2 new cases of coronavirus in Santa Clara County. This brings the total number of crowd of iraq fires cases in that county to 9 in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested. Presumptive positive for coronavirus which means the person has tested positive at a Public Health lab. Officials are awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc has new cases with unknown are just begin to pop of understanding the risk of cor navirus has become more and more important. The cdc says at this point we should all be prepared for more cases to emerge across the United States kron fours well bellow spoke with an Infectious Disease expert at u c berkley is she standing by live with more well thats right the head of Infectious Diseases at u c berkeley doctor lee riley says. This is an outbreak it is an epidemic after comparing it to sars and mers he believes there are 3 likely outc
Looking at some clear skies overhead and what we do have out there is definitely some conditions that will be very sunny today, one of our last Crystal Clear days before what is generally a cloudy are forecast ahead of us you can see the Golden Gate Bridge out here in the distance, no fog whatsoever skies remaining nice and clear throughout the course of the day today as far as temperatures go right now were hanging out in the 40s and 50s alameda, youre at 54 redwood city of 48 berkeley at 55 look at timber on 62, so very mild start to the day and you subtract some winds from yesterday still breezy enough, but not nears brisk of a start to the morning as what we did have for your monday. So this is definitely good news for those of you stepping outside just that touch more comfortable for this Tuesday Morning by the time we work into the afternoon day time highs still back in the 70s for bayside in inland areas another beautiful one and i feel like the sunshine definitely get out there
To as far as weather goes with low 70s for highs for most areas by next tuesday, im talking rainfall and cooler temperatures. More details about that in your forecast. Robin i have the details on the slow down and we have one on westbound 92 the trip out of hayward getting heavier and heavier its officially crawling now on the flat section of the san mateo bridge nothing in your way no crashes or problems but were already at 18 i do see some flashing lights that just popped right there. Something flashing looks like its on the shoulder. It hasnt come across the wires yet, but ill definitely keep my eyes open for the details for you the bay bridge 80 west are recovering from an earlier accident that was way out on the skyway in the last hour. So thats gone, but traffic never recovered so youre crawling from the maze at under 15 minutes to make it in all right, thank you very much rob and so one of the big stories. Were following this morning is the coronavirus and in fact the cases are