Boy elementary since 5 00 this morning. We have had a chance to see some of the teachers come in excited to teach as well as the students and their parents. For some of those younger children particularly kindergarten this is the first time they have been in their building and hard to believe that as we are a day away from december and coming while marin county is the only one in red surrounded by purple. Here is a look. We broke the numbers down for you. 51 counties in the state of california are currently in purple category. Just six, including marin, are in red. One lone county Sierra County is in orange. Important to note the purple counties represent nearly 40 Million People or 99. 1 of the states population. Despite those numbers, Mill Valley School district is reopening all of their Elementary Schools and their middle schools for students to return. Parents are required to complete Daily Health Screenings of their children before they go to school and they are asked to drop thei
Him california hospitals could become overwhelmed with coronavirus patients in the coming days and weeks. Tonight, a desperate plea from Health Officials. The choices we make may mean the difference between being at Hospital Capacity and not enough. A new curfew taking effect this weekend, and why it couldve roughly change. And the pandemic is forcing many people to think small, bay area businesses are helping them to adapt. The one consistent thing about this pandemic is that it keeps changing. Reporter plenty of fresh snow in the sierras. And resorts are adjusting to the new reality. Governor gavin newsom, one of his children is in quarantine after being potentially exposed to the coronavirus. One of the children was in contact with a classmate who tested positive. The governors child tested negative twice. The governor, his wife, and three other children all tested negative. With coronavirus cases skyrocketing, all eyes are on california hospitals. Are they ready . 13,000 new cases
Health experts are worried that if the trend continues, the county could run out of Hospital Capacity in the next three weeks. This is valley medical center, run by santa clara county, one of the largest and easiest in the area. Hospitals across san jose still have the capacity to take in new patients. The county Health Officer says that could change, especially with the upcoming holiday. Cancel your holiday plans. Do not travel. Doctor sarah cody did not mince words when talking about the consequences of able getting together for thanksgiving. The choices that we make in the next few weeks could mean the difference between enough Hospital Capacity and not enough. Reporter hospitalizations have increased in the last week by 50 in santa clara county. If the trend continues, the county could scramble to find more hospital beds within the next three weeks. The Health Department is working across the county with local centers to get ready for another surge of covid19 patients. They are ask
Dr. Coal fox expects San Francisco could move to purple by then. A curfew would have to be implemented within 48 hours of that announcement. By the look of the citys latest case counts, we technically already qualify to be in that category. The third surge, there is no question. Its not a matter of if it will happen. It is happening. A stern warning from dr. Coal f colfax as covid is surging. What is really important is that curve, that steep slope of increasing cases. The 14day average of cases increased 152 since november 1st. Thats one of the highest spikes in the bay area. To put it in perspective, 217 new covid cases were reported in mid october. Nearly a month later, that number is 768. This rate of increase is higher than we experienced during our summer surge. On monday, San Francisco was safely in the red zone but todays data indicates the citys cases per capita is far past the threshold to be in purple. A surge that could overwhelm hospitals across the city that are already r
We begin with a flurry of new announcements in the past five hours that affect millions of people here in the bay area. San francisco and san mateo counties slid back into the most restrictive tier. You can see here every county is in the purple tier except for marin county, which is one tier away in red. This is why restrictions are tightening. This shows the average number of cases in the bay area. The newest numbers all the way on the right, nearly as high as our summer surge. But this time hospitals are also dealing with the beginning of the flu season. The situation facing hospitaling in the south bay is so serious, that it led to a rare weekend News Conference from county leaders who announced further restrictions. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is in san jose with us for more on this serious message from the countys top doctors. Reporter its definitely concerning, at a press conference here, the Public Health officer announced that the covid cases are spiking. There were 760 repor