WE'LL
WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON TV AND OUR ABC TO NAP. WELL, OK.
BRITTANY, THANK YOU.
NOW TO THE KORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
SURGING ACROSS OUR STATE.
HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORTED
ANOTHER TWENTY THREE THOUSAND
NEW CASES.
THE TOTAL CASES IN THE STATE
NOW ONE POINT FOUR MILLION A
SLIGHT INCREASE FROM THE DAY
BEFORE.
IT CONTINUES THE TREND
OF RISING DAILY CASES WHICH
BEGAN IN OCTOBER .
NOW THE DEATH RATE IS ALSO
CONTINUING TO RISE.
THE STATE REPORTED 112 MORE
DEATHS YESTERDAY.
THE STATE'S TOTAL IS NOW OVER
20000.
THE DEATH RATE USUALLY SPIKE
SHORTLY AFTER THERE WAS A SPIKE
IN NEW CASES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR AREA STANDS WHEN IT
COMES TO ICU BED AVAILABILITY
RIGHT NOW.
THE GREATER SACRAMENTO REGION
IS STILL ABOVE THE 15 PERCENT
THRESHOLD THAT TRIGGERS THE NEW
STAY AT HOME ORDER THIS
MORNING ICU BED AVAILABILITY
EIGHTEEN POINT EIGHT PERCENT.
THAT'S DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE
20 PERCENT IT WAS 24 HOURS AGO.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE BAY
AREA AT ABOUT 25 PERCENT
CAPACITY.
IN THE MEANTIME AT HOME
RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT IN
THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOTH BELOW
THE 15 PERCENT NUMBER.
THOSE TWO REGIONS REPRESENT 70
PERCENT OF ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN CALIFORNIA.
AND HAPPENING TODAY, THE FORMER
HOME OF THE KINGS WILL OPEN ITS
DOORS AGAIN TO HELP DEAL WITH
SURGING CVOID CASES IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
ABC TEN'S KEVIN JOHN IS AT THE
SLEEP TRAIN ARENA.
KEVIN , A LOT OF FOLKS PROBABLY
WONDERING THE DETAILS ON THIS
WHEN WILL IT OPEN, HOW IT'S ALL
GOING TO WORK?
>> YES, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING
THIS SO ESSENTIALLY SLEEP TRAIN
ARENA RIGHT HERE WILL SERVE AS
AN OVERFLOW HOSPITAL BECAUSE
OF THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THOSE
LOCAL HOSPITALS THAT YOU
MENTIONED WALT, HAVE SEEN A
SURGE IN THEIR KORONAVIRUS
PATIENTS.
NOW AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE
IN FRONT OF SLEEP TRAIN YOU'LL
SEE THE CHAYKIN SIGN THE CONES
AS THEY TRY TO GET THIS PLACE
READY TO TAKE IN EXTRA PATIENTS
STARTING TODAY.
SO HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
HERE.
SLEEP TRAIN THERE ARE CURRENTLY
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR BEDS
IN THE WARM STATUS WHICH MEANS
THESE BEDS CAN BE ACTIVATED AT
ANY TIME TO SERVE PATIENTS.
NOW FOR CONTEXT, THERE ARE
CURRENTLY THREE HUNDRED AND
FORTY FOUR OVERALL HOSPITALIZED
VIRUS PATIENTS HERE IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
THIS ARENA IS ONE OF ELEVEN
OVERFLOW HOSPITAL FACILITIES
ACROSS THE STATE THAT ARE
CAPABLE OF BEING ACTIVATED IN
TOTAL.
THESE SITES COMBINED FOR NEARLY
19 HUNDRED BEDS.
NOW ANOTHER THING SLEEP TRAIN
WILL BE USED TO TREAT BOTH
CVOID AND NON COVERED PATIENTS
DEPENDING ON THE NEED.
NOW MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER
THAT SLEEP TRAIN WAS ACTIVATED
EARLIER IN THE SPRING AS AN
OVERFLOW HOSPITAL OUT OF THE
HUNDREDS OF BEDS READY TO
OVERFLOW SITE TREATED JUST SIX
OR FEWER PEOPLE.
ALMOST ANY GIVEN DAY FROM MAY
THROUGH EARLY JUNE.
NOW I KNOW I SAID EARLIER THAT
THERE ARE AROUND 240 FORTY BEDS
IN THE WARM STATES HERE BUT
WOLRD OFFICIALS HERE SAY THEY
COULD EXPAND SLEEP TRAIN
CAPACITY TO ABOUT THREE HUNDRED
AND SIXTY TOTAL BEDS.
NOW WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING
HERE THEY SAY THAT THE STAFF AS
FAR AS THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE
COMING HERE TO HELP OUT WILL BE
FEDERAL AND STATE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, WOLF, THIS
PLACE WILL BE READY TO OPERATE
AS A FIELD HOSPITAL TODAY.
WELL, I THINK HE BROUGHT UP A
GOOD POINT, KEVIN , THAT IT'S
NOT JUST A KOFOD OVERFLOW
HOSPITAL.
THEY ARE THERE TO TREAT PEOPLE
WHO NEED ICU CARE WHETHER IT BE
COVERED OR OR ANYTHING.
RIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY.
RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT
TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HERE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DUE TO THE
SURGE KORONAVIRUS CASES PEOPLE
FEEL THAT ONLY KORONAVIRUS
PATIENTS WILL BE COMING HERE.
BUT WHAT YOU HAVE A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN LOCAL HOSPITALS,
YOU KNOW, IN ICU USE THAT MAY
NOT BE THERE STRICTLY FOR CVOID
REASONS OR MAY NEED SURGERY FOR
OTHER REASONS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL PUSH IT
TO CAPACITY.
SO YES, HERE THEY ARE.
THEY WILL BE TAKING IN CVOID
AND NONCOM COVERED PATIENTS.
>> ALL RIGHT, KEVIN JOHN WITH
THE LATEST OUTSIDE SLEEP TRAIN,
FORMER HOME OF THE KINGS.
THANK YOU.
IN THE GREATER SACRAMENTO
REGION IS INCHING CLOSER TO THE
NEW STAY AT HOME WAUDIO THIS
MORNING .
IF AND WHEN IT DOES GO INTO
EFFECT, HOW WILL IT BE ENFORCED
?
>> A BUSY 10 XXXX PLANT IS HERE
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
GOOD MORNING .
>> WHILE THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLAN TO
VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD
FIND PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES WHO
VIOLATE HEALTH ORDERS.
>> THAT WAS UNTIL A PUBLIC
OUTCRY CONVINCED THE COUNTY'S
HEALTH OFFICER TO WITHDRAW THAT
ORDINANCE AND REWORK IT.
NOW THE PLAN IS TO FOCUS THE
ORDINANCE ON LARGE PRIVATE
GATHERINGS.
IT COMES AFTER VIDEOS LIKE THIS
ONE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT HAVE
BEEN SURFACING.
IT SHOWED PARTY GOERS PACKED
TOGETHER IN A TIGHT SPACE WITH
NO VENTILATION IN SACRAMENTO.
THE SACRAMENTO POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY LET THE
STATE ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE
CONTROL ALONG WITH
CODE ENFORCEMENT KNOW ABOUT THE
GATHERING.
CHIEF DANIEL HAHN TOOK
QUESTIONS THIS WEEK FROM TEENS
WHO WERE WITH THE GROUP IMPACT
SACK.
HE SAID THAT IS HOW HE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE ENFORCEMENT
OF HEALTH ORDERS GO TO ME IS A
BETTER WAY TO HANDLE A BUSINESS
DOING SOMETHING WRONG HANDLE
THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS
PROCEDURES INSTEAD OF PUTTING
THEM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
>> SAC COUNTY'S PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICER DR PETER BEILIENSON
SAYS ONE OPTION FOR ENFORCEMENT
HE'S LOOKING AT IS HAVING IT
REFERRED TO HIS DEPARTMENT BY
THE POLICE AND THEN GO INTO THE
GATHERING WITH POLICE BACKUP IF
IT'S NEEDED AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
>> DR. BEILIENSON IS REWORKING
THAT ORDINANCE TO FOCUS ON
LARGE PRIVATE GATHERINGS.
IT'S EXPECTED TO COME BACK TO
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR A
VOTE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
>> ZACH POINTIS, THANK YOU,
ZACH.
THERE IS GOOD NEWS ON THE
HORIZON.
PFIZER ACTED TO GET EMERGENCY
AUTHORIZATION TO USE THIS
VACCINE IN THE US AS SOON AS
TOMORROW.
THE FDA RELEASED SOME ANALYSIS
SHOWING HOW EFFECTIVE THE SHOT
WAS IN TRIALS.
BLUE LINE SHOWS A LOW RATE
OF PEOPLE WHO GOT COVERED AFTER
GETTING THE VACCINE.
COMPARE THAT TO THE RED LINE
SHOWING PEOPLE WHO DID GET
INFECTED AFTER USING JUST THE
PLACEBO.
NOW THE VACCINE IS NOT 100
PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
SO BY THE END OF THE STUDY,
JUST EIGHT PEOPLE WHO GOT THE
REAL VACCINE ACTUALLY DID GET
INFECTED IN THE PLACEBO GROUP.
IT WAS 162 PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT ELECT BIDEN IS VOWING
TO DISTRIBUTE ONE MILLION DOSES
OF VACCINES IN HIS FIRST 100
DAYS.
IN THE MEANTIME, PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS TAKING A BIT OF A
VICTORY LAP.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CNBC,
PFIZER INSIDERS REVEALED THE