Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San
Liviakis saying im grant lotus alameda san mateo and solano counties. Where the latest to join that red tier that means restaurants in the 3 counties can resume Indoor Dining at 25 capacity indoor malls can reopen at 50 capacity, hair and nail salons barbershops can serve clients indoors with modifications museums zoos aquariums, places of worship movie theaters can all operate at 25 capacity. Gyms and Fitness Centers can operate inside at 10 capacity. And School Districts that choose to well have the ability to reopen, but they have to wait another 2 weeks to make sure they dont backtrack. But Contra Costa County in Sonoma County theyre left behind in the purple tier now we want to be kron fours Taylor Force Act he was in Sonoma County tonight to find out. What the issue is there. This is a big disappointment for many people and businesses here in Sonoma County and one supervisor i spoke to says a lot of it has to do with the countys makeup of its population, its elderly facilities an
Watching kron 4 news at 9. Now at 9 a steady drop in coronavirus cases across the state has cleared the way in 9 counties for the wider reopening of businesses and that includes most of the bay area good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis alameda. San mateo and solano counties received the green light to move forward with reopening. Those counties were added to the red or second tier of the states colorcoded for tier ranking system. This category means that there were 4 to 7 daily new cases per 100,000 residents or a 5 to 8 Positivity Rate with the addition of these counties every bay area county is now in the red tier except for contra costa and sonoma counties but contra costas Health Director says they are on track to enter the red tier next week. And as more businesses reopen a Northern California private School System run by the diocese of sacramento has applied for a waiver to allow in Person Instruction in Solano County as
Visibility holding up well across the bay, no worries there as youre heading into work. As far as air quality goes also something thats a positive to kick off this new day were going to be seeing good conditions throughout the course of your wednesday that sea breeze its been steady the past few days really helping to keep the air swept out and those problem spots over into the Sierra Nevada or theyre actually also seeing some improvements these past couple of days. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with berkeley at 57 right now oakland at 59. While alameda hayward and fairfield each in person though 60s north bay temperatures are some of our coolest in the low 50s as for later on today do expect daytime highs to be very similar to yesterday upper 80s inland with bayside areas in the 70s and some 60s hanging on near the coast, im talking changes come this weekend in your forecast ahead robin all right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic. Were taking a peek at your Earl
To the pandemic the families who plan on celebrating may have to adjust their traditions. The new guidelines released by the cdc today. From the bay areas local news station. This is 4 news at 3. Thanks for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Sanaz Tahernia good news for 3 more bay area counties as they moved up the states road to reopening for at least 2 of the counties that will mean immediate changes kron fours dan kerman is live in San Mateo County with details on that idea. Good afternoon were here on san bruno avenue in San Mateo County. This is one of those places that will see definite changes as you mentioned 3 counties moving from purple to read those 3 counties are Alameda County, San Mateo County as well as Solano County and as far as solano in san mateo are concerned that means reopenings and were talking about some degree some percentage of restaurants as well as retail indoors museums and zoos and aquariums in those areas to a level of capacity, 25 in those respects a