To 15 , yet they are still opting to shut down. On the other hand, Santa Clara County is down to 15 , which equals 31 empty icu beds remaining in the south bay. Marianne favro is in san jose to see how hospitals are handling the covid surge. Reporter Regional Medical center of san jose is now at capacity, but it continues to accept new patients here in the emergency department. There are at least 66 Covid Patients at Regional Medical center, and the surge is straining hospital resources. We are at capacity. Theres essentially no more beds in the hospital to rapidly put the patients into their inpatient unit. Reporter the hospital continues to perform surgery and accept emergency patients. But elective surgeries have been put on hold. The Medical Center is also using beds in the postacute care unit to accommodate additional patients. But it wont be using the pandemic tents set up in the parking lot back in april. We think its going to be better to circle the wagon, have our Team Togethe
Will it really work . The states top doctor is feeling the pressure and the resentment from many people in the community. Today he defended his decision. He said california needs to stay home. Because cases are continuing to hit record highs almost daily. He pointed to the success rate of shut downs in europe. Belgium put in a three week stay at home order. Its positive ratd fell from 21 to 8 in that time. England had a four week order. Cases dropped by 30 . He says he understands the restrictions are inconvenient. But its what the state has to do at this time as hospitals become over crowded. The goal of saving lives become threatened when the system isnt as robust and strong as it can be. To deliver care to as many californiaens as needed. Reminding everyone there is light at the end of tunnel. The first doses of vaccines expected to arrive one week from today. Hundreds of people crowded outside the courthouse today very few of them Wearing Masks to support the pastor who landed in f
Have visibility as low as a couple hundred feet around sfo and petaluma. Its going to be here for the entire morning commute. And as you look at the breezes, this will slide slowly south so it could fill in parts of the east bay shoreline also. But i dont think it is going to quite get over to the east bay valleys. This afternoon, a touch of haze behind, but definitely sunglass weather. Above average temperatures. Low to mid 60s. 61 to 65 around the bay. 58 to 66 along the coast. More on this first day of meteor logical winter coming up. Heres reggie. The cdc will meet with the top Health Advisors to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. How the cdc will decide who gets priority. How much good are you going to do . How many lives are you going to save . Second. What is fair. What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly and transparentally so theres no backroom deals. Its clear what is happening. Dr. Fr
Steadier rain moves in which is off the Mendocino County coast. Heres a look at your storm impact scale today. Light to moderate rain and then just some scattered showers as we head into the evening hours. Its going to be breezy especially this morning before the steady rain rolls in. Gusts could get up to around 35 Miles Per Hour and blowing southwest to northeast. They could affect some of our east west bridges and definitely our higher elevations. Temperatures mild even with the rain low to mid 60s today. Well take an hourbyhour look and what to expect coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Expect changes with businesses in your county and that starts today. Governor newsom says he had to pull the emergency brake on reopening because new cases of coronavirus nearly doubled in just ten days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Heres a look at where the bay area stands. And look at all that purple. Heres the easiest way to put it.
Bernard shows us many may be suffering from covid messaging fatigue. Inside or outside . In. Reporter there is a busy lunch crowd at the tavern in downtown napa. This longtime eatery has went with the punches and restrictions brought on by covid. Gm john crane says finally, his customers are coming back. We just had our best week. Our best covid week so far ended on sunday. Reporter but that could change. Instead of going in the right direction, new covid cases county wide are spiking. Going backwards at an alarming rate. We saw our case rate more than double over the weekend with 118 new cases in 72 hours. We also saw our hospitalizations double. We now stand at 12. Reporter thats the highest weekend total ever. The spike could send napa county back two steps to purple as soon as next week. The states most restrictive tier. Purple tier would be a temporary closure until things got better. Reporter thats not good. Not good. Reporter it would mean no outdoor dining. They only have four