Slow the spread confirmed cases of covid 19 keep climbing and Health Officials say people need to maintain a safe distance from one another we feel that the mitigation that were doing right now is having an effect to extend. This mitigation process until the end of april i think was a wise and prudent decision the corona virus has already killed more than 2400 people in the us. President trump says modeling shows the countrys death rate from a peak of about 2 weeks. If we can hold that down. As was saying to a 100,000 its a horrible number. Maybe even less that 200,000 so we have between a 10200,000. We all together of done a very good to the us has the most confirmed cases worldwide with more than 139,000 as of sunday night. Hospitals in some parts of the country expect to run out of beds within 2 weeks as more patients arrive, we really have to have a new mentality a new culture. Hospitals working with one another this is going to be all hands on deck. This is everybody helping everyone else im John Lawrence reporting. And there are nearly 1900 coronavirus cases check out the numbers on your screen Santa Clara County. Now has the most with 646 cases in 25 deaths, San Francisco county has seen 340 cases 5 deaths so far along the peninsula, San Mateo County has 277 cases with 6 tests. Alameda county 254 cases, 7 deaths so far there are a 175 cases over in Contra Costa County with 3 deaths in the north bay marine county is now reporting 93 cases one death so far 58 cases and one death in Sonoma CountySolano County stands at 34 cases and napa county has 14 cases. Well Santa Cruz County saw its first coronavirus death over the weekend the 70 yearold man had underlining Health Conditions and he was admitted to the hospital back on march 19th with symptoms. He did not recently travel and he had no known contact with anyone who was exposed Santa Cruz County has 41 confirmed cases now. Well there are over 722,000 cases worldwide with nearly 34,000 deaths here in the us we have more than a 142,000 cases and over 2400 deaths so far and the state of california we currently have more than 6200 cases and a 130 deaths. Well happening this afternoon governor newsome will hold a press conference a News Conference will update us on the latest everything involving the coronavirus pandemic in california and of course were going to string this live on our 24 Hour Streaming Service kron on so make sure to download it right now the app is free to download make sure you get it now you can stay updated with the latest. Also happening today, San Francisco unified school dtrict will start providing 5 days worth of meals for students during the school closures. Now no identification or proof of School Enrollment is required adultcan pick up the mail without a child being president and families will not need to enter the School Building for the pickup, its a free grab just free grab and go meals will be available mondays and wednesdays thats from 11 00am until 12 noon, its nice to see that. Well the fda is giving emergency authorization for a pair of drugs to treat the coronavirus hospitalized patients can now be giving couric wind and hydro couric one. The drugs are normally used to treat other conditions including malaria and have been called Game Changers by president trump. Now although there is little Scientific Evidence that the medications are effective in trting coronavirus the fda says that the benefits outweigh the risk. Will self swap testing how does that sound for coronavirus it will be implemented this week. Now with this new approval from the food and Drug Administration people with coronavirus symptoms can actually use a foam swap and their nose to collect a nasal sample. They then would put that in a plastic bag and then you just submitted for testing self swab testing not only could be more comfortable for the general public. But oficials say that it also eliminates the need for Health Care Workers to change her personal protective equipment, each time a test is performed. Americans who are suffering from the Economic Impact of the coronavirus pandemic theyre wondering when these tracks from the feds will actually be coming in. That direct checks. Well come out probably in a cup 2 weeks i believe secretary mission is saying. This loans to the Small Businesses well be ready for processing. This coming week. Okay, this coming friday. So well have rapid speed much faster than has been done in the past with these things. Well those who follow their taxes electronically in the past may see a direct deposit and their bank within the nex 2 weeks paper checks are excted to take a little bit longer. And the fbi and other government agenciesare also warning people do not fall for all the scams that are out there. Government Officials Say that scammers are ready trying to steal peoples money by asng for personal or Financial Information firm calls texts emails e even websites will just ignore it. Well to the east byow the Oakland City Council approved an emergency moratorium on evictions rent increases also late es now with this cannot excuse me be vick did foincome loss during the ndemic the ordinance also urges Financial Institutions in oakland to suspend mortgage yments, foreclosures and also late fees for low inco homeowners and landlords the ordinance was announceon friday, the same day govnor newsome announced an executive ordeplacing a statewide moratorium on evictions until may 31th. For instart grocery delivery app based right he in the bay area and San Francisco. Theye trying to increase Safety Measures for its workers who arpretty worried out getting coronavir so the changes are an attempt to avert a planned strike that supposed to happen today. The Grocery Delivery Service says that itwill provide Hand Sanitizers to its fullservice shoppers. They select groceries at stores and they deliver them instacart also says that it will make it easier for customers to set their own default tipping percentes. But a nonprofit behind the set those concessions just arent enough. The the collective says that it wants shoppers to get an additional safety item and hazard pay. Well, its also demanding a default tip of 10 and an extra 5 per order. Well Convenience Stores and other Small Grocery stores that sell alcohol in San Francisco. Now have new restrictions mayor london breed signed an emergency proclamation limiting the hours to reduce crowds, but some corner store owners are arguing that you know the big stores are still open and able to stay open longer. And many more people just gather at those places kron fours dan thorn reports. The emergency proclamation says that these Corner Stores cannot stay open between the hours of 08 00pm and 06 00am the goal here is to keep people from gathering at these places but one store owner we spoke with said these hours are crucial to his business and that this is really going to hurt. San franciscos liquor in corner store businesses are having to make some changes. The city iseemed these places essential but the mayor is now imposing new restrictions be fair to us dont treat us dont take to the corner and profile oscars where the weak or lets fight sullivan 68 allies shimmy a is the owner of 19th avenue lakers. He says alst half of the customers he sees come in after 8 at night. The mayors w emergency proclamation is forcing the closure of such stores between 08 00pm and 06 00am shimmy a is expecting to take a major hit shes hurting everybody across the board just either make herselflook better or just think that think that what shes doing is going out of isis not unit across the board. Or you dont do it our all. And should doesnt understand why this proclamation is limited to just stores like his ones that are under 5,000 square feet and not supermarkets like safeway or others, im not entirely clear why theyre it stores are think about maybe just stoing. Selling out. District 6 supervisor matt haney says he understands the hardships of these smaller businesses struggling through this difficult time, but he also understands that Public Safety and keeping people from gathering is the top priority. Year, we have to make sure that we protect Public Health and that you dont do anything that would cause of fire spread not all Convenience Stores are against these reduced hoursfpd visited easy money in the outer sunset to let them know about the new cut off store owner, sam debits shop usually closes at 9 oclock. I think is good idea i think we have to do something to make people stop going outside and the 2 got dam it has it set up within his store fo customers to stay at least 6 feet apart. He says the reduced hours will only help in the long run which shimmy a argues the city is singling out the little guy taking away the Corner Stores and even the rest is not going to help at all. Small Corner Stores that sell groceries but do not sell alcohol can stay open during these hours. We reached out to the Mayors Office to find out why big stores are not included in this proclamation and so far we have not heard back, reporting in San Francisco. Dan thorn kron 4 news. Well cars will no longer be allowed and all 280 california state parks, this comes after people started flocking to many of the park, so you know the past couple of weekends. Officials say that some parts were so crowded that maintaining social or physical distancing was just impossible so youre not supposed to be doing that folks our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website make sure you go to kron 4 dot com and check out all the information that we have for you there we have the latest on the outbreaks right here in the bay area. An interactive map lots of information on how you can stay safe. You can find all of this right under the coronavirus tap on our website kron 4 dot com. Well coming up morning news leaders are urging people to stay home and keep their distance. They say one person could make the difference in stopping the spread. Plus new hours for Public Transportation all around the bay area, what you need to know if youre riding unity this week. And nurses across the country theyre starting to speak out about the unsafe conditions that theyrfacing when we face adversity, we find way through it. Its about taking ca of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. Athevy, we promise to do ours. Onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our mos popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery atome. Its just our way of doing our part. Back to the kron 4 morning news and thanks for staying with us as we continue to practice our social distancing here in the studio we want to check in with dave spahr. Who has the Weather Center set up at home happy monday dave. Have the money to to this is supposed to be the weak or to see a lot more sunshine that we have been lately weve been battling some of these raindrops not totally done with the snow is keep in the forecast is a mention for today really until even Tuesday Morning a little bit but heres a shot from the golden gate bridge. Heres how were fehring not too bad with that however because we had rain yesterday there is still potentially in some of those valleys in the inland areas, Santa Cruz Mountains and so forth but the fog hanging around just a little bit which will be taken care of pretty quickly this morning once the sun joins us. Now its a tale to different parts of the day in terms of what comes together now notice to the north there you see some spotty showers way up North Country there. Well we expect this to sag south and to the north bay region that throughout the later Morning Hours and fill up with cloud cover different story south of the golden gate thats what it looks like from one of the models. Temperatures thus far work 44 santa rosa 48 in a bottle. 53 San Francisco matching that for san jose with upper 40s off to a tri valley and can conquered as well. So heres what the models tell us in terms of today. Yes, sure well see a couple is a spotty showers work their magic to just downright showers at work here. This is by 2 oclock and most of the rest has some variable clouds and sun poking out here and there but pretty much rain free. And then when we get done with all of that yeah it looks like some will redevelop again by tomorrow morning but very light and that were made up towards the north. Lets going heard that protect us out to Tuesday Morning there he sees a leftover showers so the thing is that this clearing stories taking a little bit longer than what we talked about from last week and it looks like the warmup wont be as grand as were hoping the socalled change of the guard as i sometimes like to call in advance a solar out to tuesday tomorrow notice the winds picking up whats that trough thats kind of lifting off as we get somewhat of a weak High Pressure for the remainder of the week and it is weak for the remainder of the week that no pun intended but its not as strong as we are hoping so weve got to afternoon clouds cooking here shower in the north bay variable clouds south and east. This week turning dry and weve got clearing temps stay in the 60s though are mostly we might see a couple a lower 70s, pop here and there and for this weekend showers return to the forecast unsettled into that following week thats the first full week of april and it looks like more rain headed our way this spring with the exception of rain like a failure to launch here 61 for San Francisco opened 6366 san jose under partly cloudy to variable clouds on balance today here basically speaking of the lesson probably in the afternoon hours as we see some sprinkles work their magic up in the north bay coming up in that rubble going to take a look at some of those longer range forecast models of this spring that failure to launch and also that 7 day forecast that has reduced forecast eyes all right sounds good. Thank you dave. Now, lets check in on traffic there is some out there, you know the essential workers are heading to work and not encountered any problems heading into San Francisco. So a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, some folks still slowing down to get a little confused or live where cash to curse a toll takers what we dont have any on any of our bay area bridges so just roll right through there also practicing social distancing so you dont have to worry about stopping paying money, youll just get a bill in the mail on no other problems around the bay area are checking out 92, heres a live look at your commute between the east bay in the peninsula and we are doing fine normally its a little crowded right even during the 4 oclock hour but were just not getting that congestion its going to be a quick trip here less than 15 minutes from the nimitz over to the bayshore well check back in on traffic coming up a little bit later. Warner says across the country are speaking out this morning regarding the lack of personal protective equipment. Thats available to them. Nurse amy ott slowing she says that these lowered precautionary standards are being given at kaiser hospitals across the bay area and nurses are even being to that they could be fired if theyre found wearing an n 95 masks something that they know they need. Were caring for patients, especially patients that are high for covid and or for patients that weve already been told are positive for it. We rlly need to have the n 95 for the peppers are captors because their medical grade the issue that were having though is that we keep hearing that all of these supplies are coming we keep hearing from our hospital oh yes, we have really need is you just need droplet protection. And the issue is that absolutely is not true. Well scott slavic says that nurses are grateful for all of the Grassroots Efforts to make homemade mass but what they need is their employers and local lawmakers to step it up and come through with their promises. The stanford medical students they teamed up to collect personal protective equipment for healthcare workers in short supply at bay area hospitals might a then hit and rick is a thirdyear medical student at stanford she and her classmates at this great idea theyve been stationed just outside of the Stanford Shopping Center parking lot since friday. And theyre just coming together theyre collecting supplies fr 10 oclock in the morning all the way until 3 oclock in the afternoon and theyve been amazed at the generosity of the bay area. And blown away by the amount that weve been able to get over 2,595 mask over 3,000 surgical masks, we got hundreds of boxes of gloves, were getting a ton of disinfecting wipes and Hand Sanitizer its been really amazing that my daughter had about 2 gloves from her art supplies, kisses of art we decided that they certainly couldnt better use to. Our community and we saw so reests and the community for doations to our hospital staff and. Thats not a lot but its what we can its also its appreciating we love seeing people come together like this. The group will coordinate with ucsf medical students to hand out the supplies to the hospitals and that clinics all across the bay area. Forecast surpassed 1000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic this comes less than just a month after the first case was confirmed the virus just tore through new york city and its suburbs and fried at a frighting speed. Most the death that happened in the span of just a few days, new york city alone reported its toll had risen to 776 as hospitals are still struggling to meet demands. And American Airlines they are slashing more flights as coronavirus cuts into their business american says that it will reduce capacity in may between 70 year between 7080 compared to last year thats a larger cut than it already announced for april. Delta is a giving no specifics about the numbers but it says that it will reduce flights to europe. Asia, canada, mexico and the caribbean. The announcement follows similar moves from southwest d also united. Hero is extending its suspension of field work until april 15 2 weeks longer than originally planned. So this means that theres going to be a freeze on hiring and training of the thousands of workers that they need to you know campus, millns of homes that hant responded yet. The delay will affect door to door census deliveries up to residentdont get mail delivered so that process was originally schedul to end july 31th, but now its set in august 14th. A serial killer on death row at san quentin has been found dead inside of a cell Lonnie Franklin he was known as the grim sleeper. He was convicted in the murders of 9 women and a teenage girl in los angeles between 1985 2007. He was reportedly found in his cell on response of saturday night. The cause of death isnt clear yet franklin was 67. Still ahead morning news, a new self isolation recommendation from the world health organization. Thats not pically advisable for optimal welcome back the World Health Organizaon is now encouraging pele to play video games amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Us Ambassador to the continue distancing efforts by picking a game and helping save lives. Now he use the hashtag play apart together as part the world health organizations, growing moement to unite people al around the world while also keeping your and the past the oanization they classified vide game addiction. As an official Mental Health disorder. Several us Game Companies are vero coming together theyre joining the move it by making certain content available for free and also adding new features an extra rewards i can see the kids now telling their mom mom mom helping people come together let me play video games. Well the us and mercy is now accepting patients in los angeles. The navy says it started offering care yesterday to people who do not have coronavirus when hospitals on land can focus more on you know caring for the coronavirus patients. Naval medical and support staff will care for patients on the ship. While dealing with the coronavirus can be scary and unnerving a lot of folks are just stressed out and theres help you may be looking for someone to talk to well you can call the National Disaster distress helpline the numbers on your screen right now 1 800 9, 8, 5, 5, 9, 9, 0, there are people who are standing by who can help and you can talk to weve also posted this number on our website kron 4 dot com. Well still ahead morning news, the Santa Clara County fairgrounds will soon be a homeless shelter during the coronavirus pandemic well have those details coming up. 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Welcome back and thanks for staying with us on the kron 00 04am morning news, the coronavirus has killed more than 2000. 490 americans across the us and Officials Say that this number is expected to reach as high as 200,000. If we can hold that down. As were saying to a 100,000 its a horrible number. Maybe even less that 200,00 so whave between a 10200,000. We all together of done a very good job. Well now the us has the most confirmed