in california on the verge of a major
shutdown as coronavirus cases
have surged across our state we don't
act now
we'll continue to see a death rate climb
more lives
lost so here's where we are at 603 on a
friday morning a stay-at-home order that
will affect us all but
unlike the last one the governor says
it's broken down into five
regions and is based on one major factor
regions where the icu capacity is
falling below
15 percent we are now mandating a
stay-at-home order
for three weeks so the good news
none of the state's five regions are at
that 15 threshold yet
take a look here's a map put together by
the state showing the remaining
icu bed capacity for each of the five
regions
the northern california region is the
closest to shutting down at just over 18
percent
the greater sacramento area and san
joaquin valley regions
are each right now at about 20 capacity
remaining so keep in mind
once a region goes below 15 the shutdown
rules go into effect
within 24 hours of that happening four
of the five regions are expected to
cross that threshold by next week
and then the stay at home would start
for those areas
the state is going to be updating these
numbers daily so we can follow along so
that's a lot of information and we have
live team coverage for you this morning
to break it all down to see if we can
all figure this out together kevin john
stands by
outside sleep train arena he's going to
tell us how the former home of the kings
is getting ready to take pressure off
local hospitals
but let's go to zach fuentes to break
down the new restrictions
under this new stay-at-home order but
again
it's not in effect yet zach
no walt it is not in effect yet but
people are looking ahead to when it will
take effect now i'm at our street in
sacramento now remember how we talked
earlier this year how these restaurants
here where it's very hard to have this
outdoor dining set up that you see
behind me
they've really relied on it throughout
the year but if and when this order goes
into effect there's not going to be any
outdoor dining allowed at all
that includes indoor dining but that's
not the least of the impacts restaurants
are going to have to switch to
takeout or delivery only shopping and
retail can only have up to 20 percent of
their normal capacity no food or drinks
will be allowed there
there's going to be special hours for
the people who are most at risk
now offices would have to move to remote
only except for essential workers
who can't work from home churches
protests are also going to have to be
outdoors
also nearly four
times the rate of transmission going on
in our state
that we had just six weeks ago uh it's
time that we
actually limit our movement and really
get this transmission down
now again these restrictions aren't in
place just yet but
may be wondering when that will be well
here's kind of an idea take a look four
of the five regions
are projected to be under the orders
within a few days the entire state
by mid december now again this is for
regions whose capacity
is falling below 15 percent now kevin
plans are already in place
for hospitals and some other contingency
plans for when that capacity does fall
below that number
yeah that's right zach as these icu
capacities continue to be stretched
places like sleep train right here are
helping out with that
now i'm actually right in front of the
arena as you'll see the guard rolls up
unfortunately we are not allowed on the
premises
but yes you might remember earlier this
year towards the beginning of the
pandemic
when sleep train did open their doors to
treat patients
now over the summer the region was able
to slow the spread of the virus so
overflow beds
were not needed here now with the virus
and cases surging with it the state is
turning a sleep train
to help out and a local nurse tells us
we definitely have to do our part in
order to slow the spread take a listen
the uh extra increase in beds is
definitely going to help that and help
us see our patients quicker and provide
a higher level of care but you know
nurses
we just go to work every day with the
intention to just provide the best care
that we have
now sleep train happens to be one of 11
surge sites across the state
in the warm status which means that
these sites have beds readily available
that could be activated at any time now
california will activate
20 of the 244 beds here
at sleep train arena to treat kovid and
non-coveted patients
now when it comes to staffing state
officials are still working out on
finalizing that
for these uh surge sites to open now
coming up
later in the show you're actually hear
from that nurse and
she explains why this is a huge sigh of
relief
that this center will be able to open
and just help some of the overflow
in some of those hospitals walt you know
kevin when they opened up sleep train
months ago
nobody was really in it we're all
wondering you know why did you do that
um now i guess we know why it's it's
ready
now are there any patients in there now
that you know of
as of right now walt there are no
patients in here that i do know of
it's set to open uh next wednesday when
they will be taking
in their first patient so um you know as
this case as these cases continue to
surge walt
in a couple of weeks it can go from 20
patients to 200 patients
it just all depends yep we don't know uh
i do know that
in their last opening they did have some
patients that were in there
at one point but as you said nothing now
kevin thank you
san joaquin county is one of the areas
where hospitals are hit hardest
since october they've seen a steady
increase in the number of coveted
patients
right now the county is reporting 162
people 41 of those in an icu
hospitals in the county now operating in
what's called surge capacity
last time that happened was july two
federal medical teams arrived to help
with staffing but that's not a guarantee
this time
so health care workers are hoping that
new regional state-home orders
will help slow the spread our hospitals
were
obviously less inundated when that first
stay-at-home order was enacted
um you know i'm hoping that this time
around people will be as willing to
abide by that on top of covid county
hospitals are still dealing with their
normal patient load and now an influx of
seasonal flu patients as you can imagine
many businesses not
happy with the new stay-at-home order
abc 10's monica coleman speaks with
placer county business owners this
morning to find out how it's going to
affect them
some businesses here in placer county
tell me that they will stay open
regardless of the governor's plan for a
stay at home order
while others say they have no other
choice but to close
mug shop barber shop is located in
roseville and manager sarah pryor says
they are still trying to recover from
the first stay at home order in march
there'll be some weeks we're really busy
we're making plenty of money and then
there's other weeks where almost nobody
comes in
many businesses are deciding to defy the
state's public health order as much as i
want to defy it
it wouldn't make any financial sense and
it would damage us
i would stand by all of these other
salon owners that are staying open
it's just that i think staying open if
we got caught would tank us
karen bowman works at bar 101 in
downtown roseville and says they will
comply
in businesses that decide not to or
putting others at risk it's not like
some mean guy imposed it on us it's like
you know it has to do with the public
safety placer county public health
officials say that covet 19 cases are
the highest they have been since the
summer
but they do currently have enough icu
beds that could change in the upcoming
weeks
indeed good point monica coleman placer
county thank you as early as december
12th
that's when governor newsome now says
the first doses of a vaccine
could be in california he also gave more
details on who's going to be there in
the first wave to get them it is broken
into three tiers
tier one includes those in long-term
care facilities
correctional facility hospitals ems
personnel
and dialysis centers tier two people in
public health
home health primary care and those in
intermediate care facilities
and tier three those working in
specialty clinics labs
and dentist offices the governor says
the greater sacramento region is set to
get more than 80
000 doses of the vaccine this morning
local police in sacramento are calling
on the governor to add them
to the first wave of vaccine
distribution
some people can work from home and and
telecommute and do things like that our
officers aren't able to do that
they're going into people's homes
they're interacting with people on the
street
which puts them at risk and we need to
make sure that along with our health
care workers
and other first responders that are the
officers are included in the first wave
of vaccinations
davis adds that officers have died from
covet in california and while police do
a good job of wearing mass and being
socially distant
sometimes it is not possible because
they don't have ppe