Capacity in three weeks. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. A lot to get to tonight. Officials say the Hospital Capacity could be maxed out in a matter of weeks. Tonight an urgent call to action ahead of thanksgiving. Cancel your holiday plans. Dont travel. Over the past week, covid19 hospitalizations in the Santa Clara County have gone up by 50 . Health Officials Say at this rate, hospitals county wide could exceed capacity in just three weeks. Other if youre going to have people from outside your household, limit to it two other households, wear just Face Covering and keep your distance. Today 407 new cases were reported county wide. The highest daily number since the start of the pandemic. The county is in talks with hospitals. Theyve also stocked up on ppe. Were talking about surge planning, what contingency plans are with hos, bringing in staffing from outside entities, bringing in their own staffing from noncritical are areas. To inpatient care. Reporter with demand for test
Ama daetz. California set a single day record for diagnosed coronavirus cases with more than 13,000. The previous high in july. Were seeing the Positivity Rate spike. The 14day rate is 5. 2 . Thats an indicator of the spread of the virus. Another member of the trump family is infected. Donald trump junior tested positive and is quarantining in upstate new york. Rudy ghoiulianis son also test positive. He serves for trump. The citys Health Officer said today he expects the city to move into the restricti tivi purple tier as early as sunday. Abc 7 is committed to keeping you fully informed about the vaccine and when approved by the fda, it will be the most reliable way to beat this virus. We have assembled the abc 7 vaccine team. Dr. Patel, kate larson, andlars, to bring you the host complete cov most complete coverage and answer every question about the vaccine. Here. Reporter developmentdeve. Reporter developmentdeve. They have 40 million doses stockpiled. The fda said the Vaccine Advi
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
Nonessential work, movement and gatherings are prohibited between 10 0 oc0 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Dr. Mark galley says cases are rising higher and faster and more stringent actions may be needed if we cant flatten the curve quickly. We know and weve seen in the past that covid goes from zero to 60 Miles Per Hour very quickly. That were in a place today but that can rapidly change. Maybe not statewide, maybe just in the hand full of counties but further restrictions is what we hope to avoid. We hope todays actions, our collective coming together, our resol resolve to keep our protective behaviors up will stem the tide and bring the surging numbers down. Now the states 14day Positivity Rate is at 5 . Up from 3. 3 just two weeks ago. The Santa Clara County is one of the counties affected by the curfew. The Sheriffs Office saying quote the sucurfew will be anotr tool to enforce the law. The primary focus will be on more serious crimes in the community. We heard from San Francisco county not
Needed if we cant flatten the curve quickly. We know and have seen in the past covid goes from zero to 60 Miles Per Hour quickly that were in a place today but that can rapidly change. Maybe not statewide, maybe just in the hand full of counties but further restrictions is what we open to avoid. We hope todays actions, our collective coming together and resolve to, you know, keep our protective behaviors up will help us stem the tide and bring the surging numbers down. Now, the states 14day Positivity Rate is 5 . Two weeks ago, it was just 3. 3 . Dr. Galley says cases have risen higher and faster because of a combination of factors like colder weather, more mixing, more reopening and greater travel. It is still unclear how the limited stayathome order will be enforced but dr. Galley is asking residents for their compliance and try to stay home between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Live in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Thank you, here is look where the coronavirus cases stand