Announcing plans to stop new downloads or upgrades of tiktok and wechat starting sunday. The ban comes as President Trump was expected to announce whether the government would approve a deal for oracle to buy tiktok. If that happens the new download ban will not move forward for tiktok. The first time in a month bay area skies are clear. People dont have to worry about the air quality that much and just in time for the week. Breathe easy with your mask because crowding concerns still very real out there. Thats right. You still have to play it safe. Lets check in with today in the bays kris sanchez live in downtown campbell with some advice on that. Kris . Reporter yeah, we expect downtown campbell and our other downtown areas will be very busy as people try to get outside and enjoy normal. People spilled into their local parks and beaches with their bikes and their kids and dogs. A 30day stretch of unhealthy air taking a toll from los gatos up to San Francisco. She is so frustrated at
Easy. Tonight at 11 00 well have the details of a drug ucf doctors are adding to their trial for covid19 patients helping them fight this virus. Hundreds of thousands of cases stuck in a county backlog. Not just a technical issue experts say it presents a Greater Health issue. Welcome to the new normal. Live music at the Alameda County fair grounds. Youll feel the heat this weekend. Ill have the temperatures coming up. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. California now the third state where covid19 deaths have exceeded 10,000. More than 8,400 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours but the states numbers have been inaccurate for a week. Thats because of a Testing Backlog thats in the hundreds of thousands. You deserve better. The governor demands better of us, and we are committed to doing better. Reporter abc 7 reporter amanda del castillo has more on this technical glitch. California Health Leaders are blaming the states massive backlog of test results on two issues. A july 25
To 48 hours that the backlog that is between 250,000 and 300,000 records will be resolved giving us a better sense of the total number of tests that were delayed. California health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley admits most of the unreported records are most likely covid19 test samples but not all. However, without a resolution two very important metrics. Total cases and percent positivity remain unclear for counties across the state. What were getting is correct but were not getting all of it. Reporter Santa Clara County testing officer says meantime its business as usual while flying blind. The state says it put a freeze on its coronavirus watch list. That means no county is being added or dropped until state Health Officials are confident the data is correct. Salono county Public Health officer dr. Balum says his office noticed the difference ins numbers july 23rd. They immediately notified the state. He says at its core the massive delay presents a Greater Health issu
And we do still see some fog as well. In fact, its causing some limited visibility at some of the coastline like Half Moon Bay 3 mile visibility right now. Petaluma a bit lower as well at 5 miles and youll find some of that fog across the golden grate bridge with this live shot. Low clouds, limited morning fog, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. By lunchtime warmer sunshine for everyone except only partial le clearing at some of the beaches. And at the coast mid60s. Sun sets at 8 10. We have gorgeous weekend ahead before a cooling trend next week. Thank you, frances. California is now the third state where covid19 deaths have exceeded 10,000. More than 8,4man new cases were reported in just 24 hours, but the states numbers have been inaccurate for a week, and thats because of a Testing Backlog thats in the hundreds of thousands. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo has more on that technical glitch. Reporter California Health leaders are blaming the states massive backlog of test resu
For joining us here on kron 4 news at 5 im Justine Waldman there was a Big Development coming out of the Governors Office today. Hundreds of hair salons and barbershops now have the states okay to reopen their doors but whether or not those businesses can do so will ultimately be decided on a county by county basis. And as kron fours theresa stasi reports, not all the counties here in the bay area are qualified. Along those lines. They will be able to add and barbershops and hair salons to those regional variations. California governor Gavin Newsome making that big announcement tuesday that some counties in california can allow clients to book appointments once again. In the bay area that does not mean the 6 of the core counties such as San Francisco alameda. Our Contra Costa County. But in solano and napa county. They do meet the metrics presented by the state and so that means the close signs well be flipped over never got over this long in my lives so. Im ready to go back all the gi