California has performed more than 13 million coronavirus tests. The sevenday and 14day average test Positivity Rate are both 3. 6 . Thats the lowest in a very long time. Optimism is warranted in the bay area. This graph shows the number of cases every day. The yellow line is on the declin good evening. Thank you for joining us. Coronavirus impacts every bay area county but in different ways. In the south bay, private Health Care Providers are being threatened with fines if they dont make coronavirus testing more accessible. Chris has that story now from san jose. With Santa Clara County in the red tier as part of the color code framework for reopening the economy, experts say any improvement theres largely depend on the expansion of covid19 testing throughout the region. It is really foundational to Community Wide safety and foundational to being able to reopen more and get people back to work and back to school. This afternoon, county leaders called on local Health Care Systems to do
Pence jonins us this morning. Those Deadly Wildfires in the west just keep growing. Hundreds of blazes burning out of control. Were live from the fire zone and the double tropical threat. Two possible hurricanes now on track for the south. Florida and texas already hit hard by the pandemic now bracing for the powerful storms. Arrested. President trumps former campaign chief and top adviser steve bannon charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to build a border wall. Bannon taken into custody on 150foot, 28 million luxury yacht. College covid crackdown. Health officials warn about parties driving the spread. At least 22 states reporting outbreaks on campuses. North carolina state blames offcampus parties for moving to online classes. Judgment day. Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband just hours away from learning their fate as a judge gets ready to hand down their sentences on zoom. Both about to face prison time, but for how long . And friendly competition. Okay, you wa
But is important for children and families. He ended with a threat. May cut off funding if not open. And just yesterday, he said, quote, my view is the schools should open. He this thing is going away. It will go away like things go away and my view is that schools should be open. The president views the decision about how to reopen schools as a political dispute about his own reelection. And to paraphrase his press secretary, he is refusing to let science stand in the way. I fundamentally disagree with that approach. Schools must reopen based on science and the safety of our children and teachers, notf politics and wishful thinking. I do agree with the president that schools are critically important for children and families. My first job after i graduated from college was as a High School History teacher. My wife was a school librarian. At this time of year, i remember the anticipation as the start of school would come into focus. Two of my grandchildren are schoolage, and i know the
The doctor said bottom line is the school year is looking different but kids still need the system failed californians. Supplies and that is why stake at Heart Community Service Began we apologize. You deserve better. The governor demands better of the pack aback campaign. Us and were committed to doing the san jose event gives free better. The governor has directed a full backpacks to south bay students in need. Investigation of what happened this year close to 4,000 and we will hold people families are signed up to pick out a school bag full of accountable. Dr. Galley said it will take supplies. The goal is to raise 40,000 for a few days to clear the backlog. The kids and as of now the organization has raised just once that happens Health Leaders will unfreeze the state watch over 37,000 so theyre close. List which could give bay area the event continues on monday, tuesday and wednesday. Counties some hope of getting they appreciate your donations. Back into compliance soon and just
Us, and we are committed to doing better. Tonight the states Top Health Official admits his team blew it. Californias coronavirus case counts are off because of a Computer System failure. And now the investigation into how this could happen is under way. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. The system broke down, or i should say break down comes as the state records 10,000 deaths from covid19. Abc 7 News Reporter melani woodrow is on the story. Reporter for months californias leaders have emphasized they are making decisions about reopening based on science and data. Now a bombshell announcement. Our data system failed and that failure led to inaccurate case numbers in case Positivity Rates. It also prevented counties from having some of the data they need to monitor and respond to the virus in their communities. Reporter secretary dr. Mark ghali says most are coronavirus test samples. He says no changes to californias response policies were based on the incomplete data. Also, that