3,600 confirmed cases of covid 19 in the bay area. A third of those are in hard hit Santa Clara County. The bay area is expected to reach its peak later this month, but will we building be ready . They are predicting we would not have shortages in regular or icu beds even at the peak. Reporter professor tara dion says early shelter in place orders may save californias Healthcare System from running out of beds, but cautions the system will still be under enormous strain. There is an issue of where those beds are and are they in the right place . So as a whole across the state, i think we probably have enough icu beds. The question is are they in the places where well have the patients coming in . Reporter shifting beds, equipment or patients around the state the professor says will be a huge logistical and administrative challenge and while the state has done what it can to slow the spread of the disease and flatten the curve, there may still be shortages looming of ventilators and oth
So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. A cruise ship refused to get help for their daughter as he lay dying from coronavirus. And a surge in new grievous cases deaths across the United States in less than 24 hours. Federal Health Officials warn it could be just the tip of the iceberg. And bay area zoos scramble to make changes after a tiger at the bronx zoo test positive with covid19. We begin with a death of a San Francisco man on board a cruise ship in florida. The man tested positive on the cruise ship the princess when turns took for a worst. Doctors refused to get more help. Reporter nelson and his wife had both tested positive for coronavirus. They stayed aboard the cruise ship coral princess. Hours later, wilson took a turn for the worst. The ships medical staff refused to call for an ambulance, claiming the hospitals in miami were locked down. The family was frantic. They took it upon
Getting that wet start your day. High def doppler, tracking it offer you this morning after a wet weekend, picked up that beneficial rainfall and we are still looking at showers as we head to our day. Lets zoom in on high def doppler for the south bay. Los gatos, san jose, morgan hill and gilroy you can see those light showers pushing through. As we head to are day we will see scattered showers, good even feel i said isolated thunderstorm later on this afternoon, daytime highs in the mid 60s and San Francisco, upper 50s for concord and fairfield, low 60s and santa rosa i will timeout the rest of our showers on future cast coming up but now lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. We do have a couple things going on in south bay, an area where you said we are seeing some rain this morning. 101, 87, 280, careful if you are hitting the roadways to the south and our. A couple things going on, northbound 87 just south of airport boulevard, youve got an overturned vehicle, they have
Dead on board. Wilson died last night at a hospital. His family told the miami herald that they begged for the 71yearold to be taken to the hospital but the ships doctors declined saying ambulances were on lockdown. Eventually the family dialed 911 but it was too late. Wilsons wife is also sick. Today an ambulance took her to the hospital. Princess cruises is not saying anything about what happened. We will get passengers to their homes as quickly as possible. Another assistedliving facility has been hit by the five is. A resident has tested positive for covid19 it comes as the number of cases that laguna honda continues to rise. There were 14 patients infected and all are said to be in ion. R r for thhome. As this week. People will be screened for the virus and there will be a curfew. Moments ago there were 59 cases confirmed ringing the total to over 1200. There were more than 3600 cases with a total of 90 reported debts. The navy captain who was fired after warning of the coronaviru
This white smoke is coming out of here. They are spraying water into the warehouse. Can you see the you can see the melt garage door bent in from the flames and how hot this is. The owner estimates there is a million worth of supplies in there that has burned up. He said there is a lot of Paper Products as well. So that, obviously, leading to the flammability. Saying b here that has made it tough to get this out, it is trapping the heat out to fight the fire and of course before they even speculate about cause, they have to get it out. They move to the next phase but no injuries here. It is causing though some closures on to the veterans that were right by. Right now it looks like traffic is getting by that we can see so far but there have been closures consider dale mabry to avoid this. Well be here and bring you the latest at 6 00. All right. And before we get let yougo before we let yougo, any concerns about the chemicals. There were supplies. They were leading to smaller explosions