From the station. News at 6. A lot of progress has been made. Thats why earlier today i sent a letter to americas governors describing how we will be using the data. To update existing guidance on social distancing. Well despite the rising number of coronavirus cases and the us. The president says the country is making progress. He says hes hoping Many Americans will soon get back to work. Although some argue whether that would be wise. Thanks for joining us tonight, everyone, im Catherine Heenan the us now leads the world in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases thats more than a 1000 people have now died from the virus. Health Officials Say the peak is yet to come as of 5 oclock the number of confirmed cases around the world. More than 520,000. There are more than 23,000 deaths worldwide in the us there are more than 83,000 cases more than a 1000 deaths in california there are more than 3,000 cases tonight the number of coronavirus a cases in the bay area. It continues to rise Santa Clara County reporting 83 more cases today. Bringing the total to 540 to 19 deaths, San Mateo County has 195 cases, 5 deaths, San Francisco county has 223 cases 2 deaths contra costa, 131 1 death Alameda County 164 4 deaths were in now reporting 60 cases Solano County 31 Sonoma County 44 1 death. Napa county reporting 6 cases. While the number of cases and the state does continue to go up new york state has more than 10 times the number of cases were saying in california and their hospitals are overflowing tonight. Kron fours dan kerman talk to medical experts about whether that could be a preview of things to come here or if maybe were managing to flatten the curve and he joins us live from ucsf medical center. Dan. Medical experts indicate that it does look like were getting ahead of the curve because we are in fact flattening it may Credit Public Health directors and the governor for keeping people apart earlier than they did in new york. Hospitals in new york are overwhelmed in the number of infections is more than 10 times what it is in california. So what does the future hold here right now and relatively it encouraged relative to new york. Medical experts believe california will fare better than new york. Because Public Health directors and the governor moved quicker to keep people apart were not seeing the the patients as they are seeing in new york and i think this is likely a dreck. Has a direct relationship to us socially distancing ourselves at an earlier point in time and blondie. That the rise in the number sick individuals. And medical experts say days matter and the timing, especially in the bay area was critical. All of you need to be thinking here help officers that they issued this order on the evening. Before Saint Patricks day because that would have been a huge potentially huge amplifying at that a lot of transmission. Doctors say before there is any let up of the stay at home order. Testing must expand and Health Experts must be convinced that infection rates are going down when you when you pull that trigger, its got to be guided by medical very strong Critical Evidence in the mornings will just read night. The whole russians. And just when that time for easing will come is not known a specific date but medical experts are leaning towards a month maybe 2 months. They say very unlikely in the next week or 2. Live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan. The coronavirus it continues to have Public Transit hard including light rail and the south bay its been shut down after a driver tested positive for the virus. Kron fours rob fladeboe has the latest. Light rail stops here along north first street and elsewhere across the south bay are closed signs like this one alert would be riders that service has by phone. Learned of the car operator trainee for light rail service, positive for covid 19 come late yesterday with 6 trains in operation at the time the entire system was shut down about 11 00pm wednesday night. The tea a ordered all operators to shelter in place until they receive further guidance about quarantine and possible testing. As for any risk to riders what were going to possibility thats what we are in the investigative in trying to find out. To what extent that may have occurred. I do want to say one thing about the light rail operators is that they are inside of a they do not have any interaction with the public. Unlike a bus driver, those buses must now pick up the slack going forward. The da says buses are more nimble and can adapt to the everchanging needs of the community. Temporary bus bridges may also be necessary. Its not clear just how long the trains will be idle. Thats something that were actively uh uh working through. We opened as as it is. The teas is both the trains and the buses are already being deep cleaned and sanitized prior to that rainy operators positive test in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Starting monday march 30th there will be no more subway or light rail San Francisco. Those new changes are happening because of a decline in ridership during the pandemic also to help focus resources on routes outside the downtown area and monday all muni metro on light rail routes will be replaced by buses. Riders can use the buses for the j k t l am and and lines using the same bus stops as the early morning, metro bus service. Muni subway stations will be closed except for downtown stations, which will stay open to people taking bart during operating hours you can get more details on our website kron 4 dot com. A big problem for many states has been the ability to test patients today, the White House Task force announced that testing is now available in all 50 states that does not necessarily guarantee there will be enough test kits. Heres part of what the Vice President had to say. On the subject of testing, im pleased to report that testing is available in all 50 states. And in partnership with commercial labs across america this morning we received word that 500 and 52,000 tests have been performed and completed all across the united states. And again for information on testing sites in the bay area you can check our website kron 4 dot com. Well a week after governor newsome pledged thousands of hotel rooms to help homeless get through the pandemic most of the room said empty meantime outreach workers continue to pass out Hand Sanitizer and theyve been pleading with Homeless People not to crowd together californias 150,000 homeless are particularly vulnerable San Diego County has 2000 hotel rooms they placed 200 people in them. Reach workers say they are concerned San Francisco has not placed any. The city of hayward recently opened a new facility at offers free testing for the virus. Today, the first results were announced kron fours Haaziq Madyun has that story. 54 people tested positive for the coronavirus at the city of him words call that 19 Testing Center hayward city Officials Say those results are from the first day of test 8 which started monday, a total of 207 people were tested that day. All positive samples are sent to the avellino lab it below park where they are retested the results are then forwarded to the center for Disease Control and prevention testing is free anyone could be tested you do not have to be a hayward resident, your immigration status will not be questioned, however you do have to beat the testing criteria which includes any of the following fever above 100 degrees respiratory symptoms like shortness of breath, recent travel to europe or asia or recent exposure to confirmed or suspected coronavirus Hayward Fire Department captain Don Nicholson describes what to expect during the testing procedure, this is an uncomfortable procedure, okay, so theres a nasal swab that goes into the back of the nose. And then theyre going to swap that for a 10 to 20 times each nostril. And then thats going to collected and then from there theres another swab thats going to go into the back of the throat 10 to 20 times he says it doesnt take long to get the results it minimum of 6 hours up to 24 hours the hayward call that 19 Testing Center is located at 2, 8, 2, 7, 0, hunt would avenue in south a word it is open every day starting at 09 00am to 6 p of both drive through and walk up tests are available Haaziq Madyun kron 4 news. This is the cure right here going into mass production. And this is going to save and change the world. The fbi has arrested this man this is a Southern California man accused of falsely claiming that he had a cure for the coronavirus Keith Middlebrook he is accused of telling more than 2 million instagram followers. His company would return hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. Police say he was soliciting investments in a company that would supposedly market this wonder medication. A us attorney is calling him a cruel scam artist. I think its this is the time when all americans are supposed to come together to help one another. And unfortunately there are few people out there who will look at this as an opportunity to lie cheat steal and try take advantage of their neighbors. He reportedly had claimed that he had developed pills to prevent the virus and medication there are no known cures or vaccinations. Dealing with the virus can be unnerving but theres help you can call the National Disaster distress helpline you see the number there 1, 8, 109 8, 5, 5, 9, 9, 0, and we have also posted that on our website kron 4 dot com. Coming up medical workers they are stretched to the limit and some of them are also worried about their own safety and critical supplies also new cdc guidelines may be coming. They could separate newborn babies from their mothers. And well tell you about the option of a no touch fueling station and when we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. One cleanliness some safety are clearly crucial one company is offering an alternative to the traditional gas station. The company booster is providing contactless mobile fueling kron fours Charles Clifford explains how that works. Well right now we are all supposed to be practicing social distancing staying away from other people but everyone from time to time has to do certain things and one of those things is you might need to drive out and youre eventually going to have to gas up your car that means going to a gas station may be going inside or possibly touching a gas handle you dont know who else may have touched that gas handle well if youre not excited about that idea there is an opportunity to fill up your car without actually talking to anyone or touching anything others, a Company Called booster and they have events around the bay area where they take their many tankers with gas parking lots like this one here at target in san mateo and they allow people to go online pay for some gas and pull up to the many tanker someone comes out they fill up your car of the giving the thumbs up that youre good to go and you can drive away, you dont even have to roll down your window and talk to anyone as far as cost goes right now has a vibe today which is thursday theyre offering regular gas for 3. 29 premium for 3. 49 here is how the pay system works to go to the real answer the information and. They takes care of everything your payment and there. Vehicle everything your san mateo Charles Clifford kron 4 news. The deadline to get a real id this has been extended for a year because of the pandemic the original deadline was october 1st. It is october first now of 2021. The president says the shift will help follow social distancing guidelines. They dont want big crowds at the dmv lawmakers have been pushing for a delay. Time for a look at the forecast we want to know what the weekend looks like among other things. Heres my producer roderick us. I gather now lets take a live look outside in the south bay you did see some popup thunderstorms mainly throughout the mountains even above Mount Hamilton where there were some snow showers as well because of this cold core storm that is leaving behind a cool air mass in its Place Overall dry conditions and the cloud cover that we do see is in the form of those kind kenya alone in this clouds overhead but overall tracking dryer clear weather for most of the bay area and temperatures out there right now in the mid to upper 50s but we are going to be at or near freezing yet again tonight mainly for most of the north bay tonight during the overnight hours and wakeup planner forecast is going to show a very sunny start to your friday morning with a mix of sun and clouds by the afternoon and friday looks to be the driest day of the next couple because i am tracking scattered showers arriving this weekend rain total details coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes catherine back to you there came a brace of thank you very much. Well more than a dozen people have died in a single new york City Hospital from complications of the virus. The update comes on the pandemics deadliest day for the nation. So far brynn has the story. 13 people have died at this hospital in queens. Well yorker to get tested for the coronavirus the numbers in the city are still rapidly growing. But the nations top Infectious Disease expert says studying whats happening here could give clues to help reduce infection rates in other parts of the country. Its accelerating there are other parts of the country which we need to get a better feel for what is going on. And the way we do that is by increasing testing and identifying people who are infected isolating them getting out of circulation and then do contact tracing. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reports theres early signs showing stay at home measures are working. Social restaurants. Know nonessential workers. Yes they are burdensome. By the way they are effective and the evidence suggests at this point that they have slowed the hospitalization nationwide this uh medical staff are fearful of working in hospitals overloaded with coronavirus patients and the shortage of personal protective equipment makes their already difficult jobs even more dangerous we are terrified, everybody is terrified. We feel an obligation to take care of our patients, everybody does but we dont want to become sick watch medical personnel in new jersey dressed in full protective gear moved dozens of residents from this nursing home after several tested positive. And the Washington Post reports of chicago doctors have privately discussed a do not resuscitate policy for infected individuals regardless of the wishes of the patient or their family members with cases growing in louisiana, the governor worries hospitals in new orleans could reach capacity by the first week of april this depends whether. Its flattened or whether trajectory. President trumps still optimistic most of the country will be back to work soon it could be will do sections of our country the big sections of our country that a very you know little affected by whats taken place then there are other sections are very heavily affected by easter will have a recommendation but doctor anthony found he says its basically impossible to make that projection you know make the timeline. The virus makes the timeline it doesnt matter what you say one week 2 weeks 3 weeks. Youve got to go with what the situation on the ground is. And that was Brynn Gingras reporting the city of new york is now reportedly at risk of running low on more we talk coming up to bay area some women filled 10 about a disturbing rise in hate crimes against asian americans. And the unprecedented jump when we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. Record number of jobless claims filed in the us last week in the highest in the countrys history. Jason carroll has that story. The millions order to stay home and a growing number of people across the country out of work. Now that more and more businesses have been forced to close for strings. One word impossible as another conners after was laid off his production job last week his savings will last until next month or so xaf worries federal efforts to suspend foreclosures wont help people like him because hes a renter if you have any sympathy for people like me please look odd. You know, at least a 90 day run freeze at least a minimum just lets get back on our feet. The Economic Outlook not much better for uber driver mplus islam, he still working but with so few passengers. Hes not sure he will make peoples car payment. Want to form again these really big problem right now i dont have any money in my hand now word of some businesses hiring has trickled in pizza hut aims to hire more than 30,000 employees. Given the increased demand for takeout and delivery instacart the ondemand grocery startup plans to hire 300,000 more workers to meet surges for grocery deliveries still. The National Outlook is staggering and for many people theyre counting on federal help. Everyone knew that possible for now closed businesses like the iconic new York City Restaurants cafeteria, and empire diner, have a go fund me page for employees. In 2 she here. Financial devastation. Stacey purse own says shes had to lay off the entire staff from both restaurants. Week you know thats the question and thats the milliondollar we really cant stand it. That was jason carroll, reporting. Still ahead the global death rate from the pandemic it does continue to go up the country now leading in the number of cases and how some inmates and mexico are helping the us fight the coronavirus and we talked to a california assemblyman about the rise the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has reportedly led to a rise in hate crimes against asian americans. Talk to california assemblyman phil 10 today to learn more about whats happening. Unfortunately whats happened is weve seen a huge spike in hate crimes for asian americans. We havent been able to get all the data yet but what were hearing just anecdotally is people getting costed frankly being blamed for this current of ours. It is some of it getting physical. There was a New York Times article about p a chinese American Woman just walking to the gym here in San Francisco who got speed off. And were hearing other times there is assault on 2 young teenagers in los angeles. Thank you saw the pictures their eyes are a sort of school and shot black and blue so yes absolutely can physically. If people are wondering could it happen here in San Francisco. Yes it is happening here in san well, i know there are no hard numbers fell but do we have any idea of whether it