The pandemic began and from some flash flooding in the midwest to tornadoes in the south and a Tropical Storm off the u. S. East coast, a very busy weather day ahead to kick off your week. Early today starts right now good monday morning. Im phillip mena. And im cori coffin as lockdowns are lifted in nearly the entire country, more americans emerge from their homes, we enter a new phase in the pandemic here are the latest numbers. Nearly 1. 5 million americans are now infected with covid19 now according to Johns Hopkins university, over 272,000 have recovered, but more than 90,000 people have died in a push for more covid19 testing, Governor Andrew Cuomo was tested during a Live Press Briefing new york has doubled testing capacity, reaching 40,000 new yorkers per day. Well, thousands of people packed the jersey shore this weekend. Some new yorkers may not be so lucky. Mayor bill de blasio announced beaches in city will be closed for the weekend. State beaches and lakes will open may 22
Reopening today that means more Retail Stores and more Small Businesses will be open for Curbside Service napa solano and sonoma counties are already doing that yeah in the east bay though Alameda County in Contra Costa County are still in phase. One. However, Health Officials there say that they will be making a decision on phase 2. Perhaps as early as today. Santa clara county, however, which has been the hardest hit. Currently remains in phase. One. So lets go to San Francisco and see how its going to go there so far early this morning, Sarah Stinson is live. Hi sarah. Hi there guys, im live on fillmore street where Curbside Pickup will be starting to be allowed around 10 oclock this morning. Im live in front of clothing shop over here all boarded up a Jewelry Store right here boarded up and a makeup store boarded up so itll be interesting to see how many businesses decide to open for Curbside Pickup again thats starting at 10 this morning. Take a look at your screen. We have a list