Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
Middle of the year. The toll plaza to the one o one about an eightminute drive for you ok, hot spots not to tell you about antioch to concord 17 minutes such a co 2 danville thats a 30 minute drive for you its starting to slow down just a little bit there in san leandro to milpitas and the one o one san jose to menlo park, 31 minute ride dariann james guys. Thank you are in a 6 oh one is the time our breaking news from overnight. The u. S. Has set another record now for the most covid related deaths. In a single day you can see in the graphic behind us more than 3100 people died from the virus on wednesday can see its a problem from coast to coast and for the first time a 100,000 americans or in the hospital with covid in nearly air in the icu and this comes as california now setting records for the number of new cases that its experiencing kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in San Francisco with more sara. Another grim update james darya we have just been reportedly reporting just grim grim up
Far no major hot spots, no traffic to really get into but were going to. See that pick up as the day goes on because its still pretty early you can see here the bay bridge traffics moving along just fine here from the maze of fremont street. 8 minutes were still in the green, but you know that could change as the day goes on and take look at the san mateo bridge can see the westbound here brake lights right here traffic starting to build up especially from the last hour into now about 13 minutes for your drive into that 8. 80 to the one o one and the Richmond Bridge pretty quiet too quiet. All morning. The tolls to one o one about 8 minutes for your drives you. Coming in there and last, but certainly not least the Golden Gate Bridge about a 21 minute drive, so one minute uptick from what we saw last hour still looks great on the road robin all right, thank you for the update rain well check back with you a little later. Well breaking news that were following for you from overnight. The
Than yesterday. Temperatures warmer than average. 61 at Half Moon Bay to 66 today in santa rosa. Places like San Francisco, 62. Oakland, 64. San jose 65. Heres kumasi. Thank you. New overnight in San Diego County firefighters in Rancho San Diego stopped the spread of a fastmoving brush fire that destroyed one structure. It started just before 11 00 last night. It grew quickly to 25 acres fanned by santa ana winds. Residents in the area have been evacuated. Earlier last night San Diego Gas and electric shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of the wildfire risk. In Orange County more than 240 firefighters are battling this 1,500 acre blaze. It is threatening homes. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for several areas this started with a house fire and the embers sparked new fires. More than 100,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 this morning. In Santa Clara County a dire warning. It could run out of hospital beds. But there is hope as plans to distribute v
Reporter there are no shortage of test kits, but higher demand means longer lines and possibly delays in getting results, almost 180,000 people in the state took the test yesterday, and alameda county, that number was about 5500 people. The first guy today said he had his car parked there since 3 30 pm this morning 3 30 am. Reporter in pleasanton, they only have 200 test kits each day. We already had 200 people in line by 9 30 am, today we were turning people away by 8 30 am because there were already 200 people in line. Reporter Health Officials have offered competing messages about weather people should get tested. People who must test, we want them to continue to have access, essential workers and people who have been exposed. We are asking people who want to test, because perhaps they want to test before traveling, to please not, simply postpone your travel. Reporter they warned that a negative pretravel test doesnt guarantee that you wont spread the virus. She will get another tes