>>it's not good now it's 6 california's top health official doctor mark galli saying the state is consistently seeing significant increases in covid cases and hospitalizations across california. thank you for joining us at 6 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis doctor ghali is warning covid cases are likely to get even worse. california is now handling the most hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic our capitol bureau reporter ashley has more now on this alarming trend. >>california's top health official tuesday said hospitalizations increased 71% over the last 2 weeks with more than 10,500 covid-19 patients, the most ever for the state we anticipate not just you know the ongoing slope of increase that we've seen now we are worried about a rapidly accelerating increase and pressure on our hospitals. the state's positivity rate climbed to more than 10% with an average of more than 23,500 daily reported cases intensive care unit admissions also increased by nearly 70% compared to 2 weeks ago state leaders defended the latest regional stay at home order policy expect

california is experiencing a surge in cases today, california's health director doctor mark galli said there are more than 31,000 positive cases in the past 24 hours. doctor galli said hospitals are running out of staff, the state has seen a 36% increase in hospitalizations in the past 2 weeks and a 35% increase in icu admissions. and his health leaders seek to better understand the spread of covid-19 researchers in the south bay are turning to a unique source for some answers kron four's noelle bellow joins us now live in the newsroom with more on their studies of human waste noel, how does this work. >>and definitely unusual sanaa's but it's actually not a new concept, it's called wastewater based epidemiology and during the age of covid it's become more widely used universities across the country have been monitoring wastewater in dormitories to try and detect covid-19 before outbreaks can begin on campuses and now santa clara county has adopted a method to try and track community spread the county is the only jurisdiction in the state monitoring all 4 of its wastewater treatment pl

>>sanaa's yeah health and human services secretary doctor mark galli shared some concerning data trends as relates to covid-19 across the state hospitalizations the state's positivity rate and even daily case counts are nearly doubling from compared to this time in 2 weeks ago. >>california's top health official tuesday said hospitalizations increased 71% over the last 2 weeks with more than 10,500 covid-19 patients, the most ever for the state we anticipate. >>not just you know the ongoing slope of increase that we've seen now we are worried about a rapidly accelerating increase and pressure on our hospitals. >>the state's positivity rate climbed to more than 10% with an average of more than 23,500 daily reported cases intensive care unit admissions also increased by nearly 70% compared to 2 weeks ago state leaders defended the latest regional stay at home order policy expecting the numbers to only get worse if we thought we were sort of peeking at this level some of the regional stay-at-home orders may not have been necessary. concerned that with us. >>the thanksgiving case is beginni

mark galli, restrictions now means hospitals will not be overrun in a month. >> we need to bring the hospitals into a situation that they can handle the incoming patient numbers, and provide high quality care in a way that protects our healthcare workforce as well. >> reporter: these moves comes as san francisco and san mateo counties move into the states purple tear. the counties during much of the state in very limited indoor activities, and a 10 pm to 5 am curfew beginning today. >> one can all of this happen, disaster changes, if they need to come? >> reporter: well, they could come before the end of this week, they could come before we hit next monday at this point. the state is looking at moving very fast and aggressively to try and contain cases so we don't hits those icu overruns that we saw on the state charts of what they are predicting by the time christmas eve rolls around. >> let's hope that doesn't happen. all right, thank you. >>> let's take a live look at san jose international, where some new travel rules are in effect tonight. the santa clara county health departmen

>>it's not good now it's 6 california's top health official doctor mark galli saying the state is consistently seeing significant increases in covid cases and hospitalizations across california. thank you for joining us at 6 o'clock everybody i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis doctor ghali is warning covid cases are likely to get even worse. california is now handling the most hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic our capitol bureau reporter ashley has more now on this a

mark galli said the rate of spread is worse in california than a has been at any time during the pandemic. four times what it was just six weeks ago. >> we know that by reducing our overall movement and mixing, for short period of time we can get the gains that we need to bend this curve, move out some of those distressed moments in our hospitals, and as a governor said, to save lives now. >>> in san francisco county where icu capacity is not expected to dip below 15% for two or three weeks, people were resigned and prepared to start from scratch. >> especially seeing the other, like, counties, places around us, it is really disturbing to see like how not seriously people are taking it. >> if we have to do we have to do it. i think it is important to do what we need to do to get through this. >> we have seen, often seen individual counties moving head of the state, any hint of that today anywhere? >> yes, we heard a hint of that from dr. grant colfax here in the city and county of san francisco saying that the order here may align with the states sooner rather than later. >>> all right, a

mark galli, giving him news conference right now to update us on what is going on with all of the restrictions we have just implemented here in california. we continue to fight against the coronavirus. let's go live there now. >> as always, we want to begin by updating you on our case numbers. as you have seen, just in a little over two weeks, we have seen a more than doubling over average case number. today, we are reporting 23,272 cases and an average of 22,503 cases. remind you, just about 15 days ago, we were reporting a 70 average of about 11,000 cases. you may ask why the 23,272? that is reassuring, maybe because it is lower than the numbers of 25,000 or 30,000 that we were looking at earlier on. i will remind you, tuesday numbers reflect most of the day for sunday and into monday. these are reported monday evening. we then publish them on tuesday. then, for these numbers, a little lower than some of the other trends. i expect tomorrow's numbers to be be higher than the normal amount of rain that we see. we have done, as a governor alerted yesterday, i have been watching a significant nu

today, california's health and human services secretary doctor mark galli announced 2 regions will remain under a stay at home order until further notice those regions are southern california. and the san joaquin valley galli said at this time for week projections do not show improvement in covid-19 hospitalizations as a reminder the stay at home order is in effect for a minimum of 3 weeks. once a region's icu capacity drops below 15%. it's too early to tell if the bay area's stay at home order will be extended as well. now to a development in a story kron four's been following for several days the sculpture that was made in honor of breonna taylor that was destroyed over the weekend in oakland has now been stolen yet today the artist leo carson, he announced it has been stolen you're looking at the now empty pedestal where the sculpture had been on display in the broken pieces were still there. he talked publicly about the vandalism and now the theft a few hours ago i want to answer the question why does this statue and that's because black lives matter. >>because the racist who came in

patrick o'donnell sent a letter with the request to health and human services secretary doctor mark galli wednesday state leaders have been preparing a phased vaccination schedule with likely frontline health care workers and congregate care staff and residents in the first phase the lawmakers want teachers and school support staff to be prioritized in the phase right after california is expected to receive 327,001st round doses of the vaccine in mid december. how do you break that down even more detail more specificity that plan detailed plan. >>we'll be out this week the governor's office has not said exactly when this week the plan will be released lawmakers are scheduled to have a vaccine briefing with the administration thursday morning in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>coming up the cdc is warning americans not to travel to mexico, what you need to know if you already booked a ticket. >>san francisco becomes the largest city in the nation to ban cigarette smoking in apartments like marijuana smoke is still allowed to force the area political leaders apologizing for breakin

sacramento region inched closer to being the next to shut down with 18.8% of icu beds left doctor mark gallipplauded the 5 bay area counties that opted to impose a stay at home order without waiting for state orders than sooner some of >>changes go into effect the hope that the impact is greater and then we can shorten well time that these orders are in place state leaders say for now there are no plans to add more search facilities on to what the state is already prepared. they say several efforts are underway to boost staffing across hospitals statewide in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>coming up a covid outbreak in the east bay is getting worse why the situation golden gate fields says not improving just yet. and president elect joe biden introduced key members of his health team today what he says he's going to focus on during his first 100 days in office and a new approach to covid testing in the south bay we'll show you and use a self-administered covid test. meteorologist lawrence karnow another warm day another record breaking day around the bay area we'll talk about that t

mark gallie makes a plea to all californians to help avoid what's calling a surge upon a surge. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashly. thanks for joining us. we'll begin with the discovery of a more transmissible variant of covid-19 in cole alcohol, the first case of the variant as seen in british and they are wondering if that variant is why cases have exploded so rapidly in southern california. mel know woodrow is in the newsroom with more concern about that variant. >> reporter: it's just another reason to be cautious as we round out this holiday season. >> with the first united states case of a more contagious covid variant just detected in colorado, california health officials are warning we'll likely see the same thing. >> it is very likely that it could be here, but it's not yet detected. now, this is not a surprise. all viruses mutate over time. >> reporter: it's one of several warnings that they are issuing on the heels of the new year. >> please, over the last few days before the new years and the celebrations that are planned, we hope some are cancelled, s

mark gally, secretary of the california health and human services agency.is a very busy time for you, doctor. thank you for coming on with us. why do you think the state is going through the most severe surge in the nation despite having rather tough restrictions in place for most of the year? >> yeah. it's a question we're all working on very hard here in california, but i think it comes down to the fact that covid, if you give it an inch, it will take a mile. some of our fatigue and the gatherings that we saw over the thanksgiving holiday and the days since have caused us to have this real increase in case numbers. and the measures the state is taking to try to bring that back down, as you just heard, are starting to show some signs of working, but, we know the next couple weeks is going to be very concerning. >> yeah. i want to pick up on that because more than 1 million people are traveling through airports just yesterday alone for the holiday. what are you doing to prepare for what may come from this holiday travel these next couple of weeks? >> well,

mark gallie makes a plea to all californians to help avoid what's calling a surge upon a surge.thanks for joining us. we'll begin with the dis

doctor mark galli is a california health and human services chief and just listen to this about why they'vecalifornia to ban outside dining. >> the decision to include among other sectors outdoor dining and limiting that turning to restaurants to deliver and provide takeout options instead really have less to do with the tool of -. steve: i don't know if you had the same problems hearing it as i did but i will redo what he said witches -- the decision to close outdoor dining really has to do with the goal of trying to keep people at home, not a comment on the relative safety of outdoor dining. >> i don't know how many more times we can be lied to about so many of these things, steve. first was max, don't wear them and they admitted that ally and this time they don't even try to lie but to submit what about why they don't want you to go to outdoor dining. it's completely insane. california is one of the places where outdoor dining might actually viably be safe. here is in the 30s and 40s and the indoor dining orders are the closure orders are essentially death warrants for many of these rest

doctor mark galli california secretary of health and human services says the state will make a definitive ruling on the orders of southern california by day, but the bay area and northern california regions. >>have a little bit more time, let's hear from doctor galley and governor newsom about our current situation. >>we certainly anticipate that the middle of january and it's going to be a pretty difficult time in our hospitals where the chase is from this weekend next week really start to stack on top of one another impacting the emergency rounds or hospital wards and our icu space is it's very sober and doing very proactive in. >>and looking to build more capacity more partnerships and delivers an existing resources. >>speaking of existing resources. governor newsom says the state is heading into the new phase, it's beginning to prepare. >>for its setup of hospital beds in her arenas schools and tense but the remaining struggle is staffing whether you pop up more beds you still need enough staff to man each of those beds and take care of the incoming patients now we'll continue to moni

increase in coronavirus cases and we're still expecting to see another post holiday search doctor mark galli california secretary of health and human services says the state will make a definitive ruling on the orders for southern california areas by today bay area still has a little bit more time let's hear from doctor galleon governor newsome now about the current situation we find ourselves in. >>we certainly anticipate that the middle of january and it's going to be a pretty difficult time in our hospitals where the chase is from this weekend next week really start to stack on top of one another impacting the emergency rounds or hospital wards and our icu space is it's very sober and doing very proactive in and looking to build more capacity more partnerships and. >>delivers an existing resources. >>governor newsom says the state is heading into a new phase, it's been preparing for setting up hospital beds in arenas schools and tense still the biggest struggle that remains is having enough staffing to man those hospital beds that they're having pop up. now we're going to continue to moni

2 weeks in intensive care unit missions also increased by nearly 70% over the same time doctor mark galli california's top health official applauded the 5 bay area counties which opted to impose a stay at home order early without waiting for orders from the state. >>that's sooner some of changes go into effect the hope that the impact is greater and then we can shorten well time that these orders are in place anticipate not just you know the ongoing slope of increase that we've seen now we are worried about a rapidly accelerating increase and pressure on our hospitals. >>2 of the state's 5 regions are already under the regional stay at home order the southern california and san joaquin valley reaches and the greater sacramento region insta closer to the 15% icu bed availability which would trigger the order as well several efforts are underway to boost the staffing across the state for hospitals a big step in the global fight against coronavirus pandemic as us regulators have released their first scientific evaluation of pfizer's covid vaccine and they confirmed. it offers strong protecti

>>yet another post-holiday surge doctor mark galli californias secretary health and human services says the state will likely. >>make a definitive ruling on the orders for southern california areas by today but the bay area is to be determined, especially because we still need to see how the numbers are looking. let's hear from doctor galleon governor newsom now about the current situation. >>we certainly anticipate that the middle of january and it's going to be a pretty difficult time in our hospitals where the chase is from this weekend next week really start to stack on top of one another impacting the emergency rounds or hospital wards and our icu space is it's very sober and doing very proactive in and looking to build more capacity more partnerships and. >>delivers existing resources. >>we'll some says the state is heading into a new phase, it's been preparing for setting up hospital beds in arenas schools intense, but the biggest concern in struggle, we still faces staffing. we don't have enough staff at hospitals across our state so we're still struggling in that category we'll

>>doctor mark galli the state's director of health and human services says stay at home orders will be extended if cases across california do not get under control the stay at home order in the bay area is expected to expire on january the 4th but. >>doctor galley says that the order could be extended up to 9 weeks from when a county went into the health order in the first place this comes of course as 3 bay area hospitals have already run out of icu beds, those 3 facilities are regional medical center and o'connor hospitals in san jose and saint louise hospital in gilroy the santa clara county health department says more than 400 people are currently in the hospital with covid 10 epof which are children. >>this is absolutely the worst we have seen by an order of magnitude we are in a much first right now than we were in the summer or this spring. both in terms of absolute numbers we are seeing and a rate increase we're seeing. >>tonight only 31 icu beds are available in the entire county, san francisco's projecting an alarming rate of covid infections, san francisco's director of publ

to this response from a recent news conference with health and human services secretary doctor mark galli to stand on border really does guide us to reduce our make seem to reduce or movement as much as we and they had this is the time that if you want to enjoy a meal from a restaurant or in to provide your food and sustenance that we still have the option move. >>take out. >>when i was jessica mensch reporting for us tonight. the lawsuit also cites racial motivations claiming the rules unfairly target businesses often owned by minorities like nail salons when asked for a statement about the lawsuit both the state and county say that they could not comment on pending litigation. >>still much more to come here tonight on kron 4 news at 9.30 the covid-19 vaccine is here, but some say they want to actually get it we'll let you know why one city council person in the latino community are now hesitant to roll up their sleeves plus one bay area county says folks are going through a period poverty. we'll show you how the county now playing to give some much needed fun and hygiene products to tho

increases in covid cases all across the state and warned things are likely to get even worse doctor mark galli says hospitalizations increased 71% in the last 2 weeks tonight more than 11,000 people are currently in the hospital because of covid-19 complications that is the most the state has seen since the pandemic started back in march admissions to intensive care units have also increased by nearly 70% compared to 2 weeks ago state leaders defended the latest regional stay at home order policy today saying they expect the numbers to only get worse. right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area's around 25%. only this owl king valley and southern california are required to be under regional stay at home order because their icu capacities have fallen below the state's 15% threshold to help curb the spread of the virus and keep a local hospitals for running out of beds. these 5 bay area counties that you see on your screen are currently under and early stay at home order moraine county went into that stay at home order today at noon and as marin county went into the say at home order today i

so doctor mark galli california's secretary of health and human services says the state will make a definitive rule on the orders of southern california later today. but again the bay area, northern california region still has a little bit more time let's hear from the doctor and governor newsome about the current situation we find ourselves in. >>we certainly anticipate that the middle of january and it's going to be a pretty difficult time in our hospitals where the chase is from this weekend next week really start to stack on top of one another impacting the emergency rounds or hospital wards and our icu space is it's very sober and doing very proactive in and looking to build more capacity more partnerships and. >>delivers an existing resources. >>governor newsom says the state is heading into a new phase, it's been preparing for as they set up hospital beds in arenas schools, intense. so struck the struggle remains to be that they don't have enough staff to man each bed known to still warm monitor the numbers here locally but we're still going to have to see but they say today about south

doctor mark mark galli california secretary uh to health and human services says the state we'll make a definitive ruling on the orders for southern california areas by today. but the bay area in northern california region still has a little bit more time until january 8th, in which case that stay at home order would be extended let's hear from governor newsome now about the current situation we're in and how it can only get worse. >>we likely will experience in 2 weeks. 1418 days from now search stacked on top of these are searches related to heidi activities and so we're doing everything to prepare staffing alternate care sites. >>the governor newsom says the state is heading into a news phase that we've been preparing for as we set up hospital beds in arenas schools, intense. but the biggest struggle we continue to face is having enough staffing know we're going to continue to monitor the numbers here locally as we wait to hear from the governor later today in which case most likely he's going to say southern california the stay at home order is extended reporting live in san franc

to this response from a recent news conference with health and human services secretary doctor mark galli to stand on border really does guide us to reduce our make seem to reduce or movement as much as we and they had this is the time that if you want to enjoy a meal from a restaurant or in to provide your food and sustenance that we still have the option move. >>take out. >>that's just come reporting for us tonight. the lawsuit also cites racial motivations claiming that the rules unfairly target businesses often owned by minorities. like nail salons this just in tonight, san diego county will begin to enforce will stop enforcing. i should say covid-19 restrictions against restaurants. the decision comes after a judge ruled that the county can not enforce a regional stay-at-home order against to strip clubs in his ruling. the judge said the state and county have not provided enough evidence tying the spread of covid-19 to live adult entertainment or businesses with restaurant service. response the county releasing this statement that reads in part quote the state and county are now anal

another big story, california's health and human services secretary doctor mark galli said today to regions in the state will remain under a stay at home order until further notice those regions here the southern california region and the san joaquin valley, the central valley as you can see no icu capacity available in those 2 regions here in the bay area we are doing better even a little bit better than yesterday roughly 10 and a half percent of icu beds are available still well below that magic 15% number though doctor galley could confirmed and clarified that being at 0% icu capacity means that the region is already using. it's surge capacity. >>so one hospital one community one part of county want a whole county may actually be. only all of their hospitals in surge capacity while other parts of the region still have capacity so the point of a regional approach is to make sure that we take care as many californians with those such as possible and this is what we're doing in southern california and the san joaquin about. >>doctor golly says that this time when you project out for weeks f