State of california. Now its 6 in the past 24 hours, 68 people have died from covid19 in california. The governor says thats the highest death rate the state has seen so far and the pandemic is growing deadlier in the bay area now reaching another nursing home in the east bay. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us tonight at 6 im Justine Waldman governor newsome gave more details today on the states plan to bring in hundreds of millions of masks on a monthly basis. Capitol Bureau ReporterAshley Zavala explains the latest update. California set to spend about one billion to open up a massive flow of personal protective equipment into the state the governor confirming 200 Million Masks most of which are and 95 zuill come from several sources in vendors but will be shipped from china do so in a way that secant a secure um the anxiety that many of us have not just of the Health Care Workers in the state of california within the Hospital Systems in our Community Clinics and our Skilled Nursing facilities adult day care centers, but also our grocery workers are dmv the front line place the money paying for this comes from californias Disaster Assistance account. Hello. Yes director Mark Ghilarducci says counties with the highest concentrations of coronavirus will get equipment immediately and that doesnt mean that the rest of our counties in the state are not going to get pp. That means that as as as through the process of the national program. Through that deleveraging of these pharmaceutical corporations hospitals that normally procure through those those particular entities will be able to get pp asked about reports of fema seizing equipment from other states state leaders say the federal government was part of californias new supply chain effort weve just simply had. A really outstanding relationship with fema. And we havent had those issues that said always cautious about what were reading and what were seeing. The state is also set to start using new fda approved technology that will sterilize and clean 80,000 used n 95 masks a day to make them reusable the director of cal oh yes says the machines are expected to be in california next week in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Tonight we have learned that 6 residents at an east bay nursing facility have died from covid19. The gateway care and rehab center in hayward well at least 59 people there have tested positive for the virus that breaks down to 24 staff and 35 residents of those residents 6 have died. There are more infections at another Alameda County facility, the east bay postacute center and Castro Valley says 17 staff and 9 residents have tested positive. But there are no deaths there at this point. And here are the latest numbers from the state there are now more than 17,000 cases in california and that has killed 495 people you could see how the numbers break down across the state here. Los angeles county remains the hardest hit with 173 deaths. Santa clara county has 46 tests, San Diego County 31 people have died and there have been 28 deaths in riverside county. Both sacramento and san mateo counties have had 21 deaths. The president along with the Coronavirus White House Task force provided the latest information on how the country is doing in the battle against the virus kron fours terisa stasio has details. This is a holy week when religious believers of course the nation will observe passover and good friday and easter. The president addressing this religious week for many residents and how they continue to try and rein in the virus. Were getting closer you see the numbers were getting much closer. Getting our country back to the way it was. We have now an extra 2 countries that have been attacked one 84. Theyre being attacked as we speak. But will all win. Of note this wednesday increasing concern in certain us cities such as houston, washington dc and philadelphia from becoming the new hot spots an area of particular concern we were briefed on this morning as the city of philadelphia. I spoke today too. Governor tom wolf. And as we begin to see early a trend lines. In philadelphia. I assured him that we were going to continue to flow resources in support. That community, but. Our message to the people of the philadelphia area is now more than ever. The practice, the social distancing so that philadelphia. To some extent even pittsburgh. Do not have to endure. What other communities before them. Theyve had to endure and also this from the top Health Advisers to the president we always talk about honoring the fallen and i think for every american what we can do now to honor the fallen fallen. And given their really their deaths to this just horrible disease to the Health Care Workers that are then front lines trying to save every single one to honor them and to honor our elders and the individuals that we know are at the greatest risk. For bad outcomes. We all need to continue to do our work. Theresa kron 4 news. Tonight house officials in the bay area have confirmed there are more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus here so heres a breakdown of the latest numbers by county. Santa clara county still has the most cases and deaths with 46 people losing their lives so far San Mateo County has 21 deaths, 10 people have died from covid19 in San Francisco there have been 7 deaths in contra costa county, 16 deaths in Alameda County 10 in moran. 2 deaths in napa and solano counties and one death in sonoma county. This coming friday april 10th that is the property tax deadline in california leaving many homeowners affected by covid19 wondering how theyre going make those payments kron fours kate rooney explains how counties are trying to provide some relief. More than 2. 3 million californians have filed for unemployment in the last 3 weeks but property taxes statewide are still due on friday. The state hasnt offered an extension or relief mandate the Tax Collectors an individual counties are offering late payment penalty cancellations this was really. And agree minute discussion of treasures across the state because under existing state law. They have said that they cannot extend the date the on april 10th and so the way to really handle this is to give an opportunity who have a Financial Hardship to pay late 2 local counties, San Francisco and san mateo were able to extend their payment deadline to may 4th. After that and for the remaining 7 bay area counties beginning friday, late payment penalty fees will be waived until june 30th to qualify for that reprieve taxpayers must fill out a form at their time of payment and include documentation of covid related Financial Hardship. That includes doctors notes letters from employers or other proof of loss of income we understand that theres a lot of different. Financial pressures people are under whether its mortgages or rents or utilities, but also the longer this goes on we know this is going affect even more. Individuals and businesses and become serious so we are very well aware that despite no state mandate last week governor newsoms Office Released a statement thanking county treasurers and Tax Collectors for providing relief with the penalty cancellation fees. Meanwhile, many elected officials are urging folks to make their payments on friday if possible if the date were extended and this cash flow of those who are able to pay for example did not come true. It could impact the ability uh of local governments to basically provide needed Vital Services those who feel they do qualify for the late payment penalty cancellation should check with their county treasurer and Tax Collector to confirm specific instructions. Reporting in San Francisco, Kate Rooney Kron 4 news. A new federal loan program is supposed to be helping Small Business owners make ends meet but as kron fours rob fladeboe reports. Some Business Owners are having trouble applying for any of those loans. Like hundreds of other Small Businesses across the region, san joses plateau builders has shut down. Its 15 employees are out of work and running out of money fast says owner jacob round so he its really hard worse used to produce a and working in. Now we all the stress of making mortgages and rance brown tells me he approached his Longtime Bank wells fargo for a loan under the new federal Paycheck Protection Program. But wasnt even allowed to submit an application was no go wells fargo basically said. Were not sure when its going to get opened up, you know maybe later, but right now were not taking applications is participation in the ppe program has been limited because of sanctions imposed due to past rule breaking. But today the Federal Reserve temporarily lifted those restrictions in a statement wells fargo said it is looking forward to expanding relief to many more Small Businesses and nonprofits again jacob brown im a client wells fargo for 33 years had this business for many years. And im im just worried about the families that di employ them not able to employ right now. And also for myself the Paycheck Protection Program is supposed to be a lifeline for plateau builders and other Small Businesses but the red tape has people like jacob round feeling like theyre being pushed to the back of the line just feel in secure. I just feel. Horrible. And you know these big institutions. I would would be there for us. I mean right now were going to try with different lenders just because of the process not because of being eligible not be being turned down is just not even getting chance to process alonso and san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Coming up next here on kron 4 news at 6 as americans wait to get stimulus checks lawmakers say millions are being left out their plan to get everyone covered. Plus she got covid19 and nearly died tonight, a bay area woman is sharing her story of survival. Also data now reveal some Racial Disparities and medical outco getting outside feels really good more now than ever before. Its spring. The season we plant, we garden, we grow things. We bring new color to our outdoor space. Were here to help you make your home the best it can be. Now getting a look at data that reveals Racial Disparities and medical outcomes of covid19 patients in the African American community kron fours Haaziq Madyun talked with a medical Health Care Provider about Underlying Health conditions, the coronavirus and the black community. According to new statistics released by the centers for Disease Control a recent sampling of covid19 patients revealed that 33 are africanamericans however black people only make up 13 of the total Us Population and you 19 disproportionately affects black people because we come into the into contact with this disease sick, San Francisco native jayvon behind it is the ceo of the southwest, Louisiana Center for Health Services which was the first clinic in that area to test a positive covid19 patients over 60 of the clinics patients are black when we come into contact with the virus we are for tensions were congestive Heart Failure or diabetes covid19 affects the respiratory says that so were going to fight to 3 she says stress as another major factor in why black people exposed to the coronavirus are more likely to experience less successful medical outcomes stress lowers our immune system and they suspect so 2 things happened at the same security right there are people losing their jobs and experiencing food insecurity, a significant portion of our community was security and we were stressed their stress of living during races and fighting for every opportunity that we have like we are a stressed community theres a real problem. And its showing up very strongly in our data. On the African American community mohamed finds a bright spot in these words coming from the u. S. Commander in chief, so it is a good thing that the president is talking about these disparities that we have a worse outcome something know like and if dont get to deny the fact that African Americans are has it made you kron 4 news. The California Department of Public Health to sharing how the racial demographics of covid19 deaths so far breakdown they reveal left he knows represent 29 of deaths and 39 of the states population, whites make up 43 of deaths but makeup, 37 of the population and asians make up 16 of state deaths but asians only make up 15 of the state population and africanamericans make up 3 of deaths and 6 of the states population. To talk more about why this virus seems to be hitting some communities, harder than others were joined now live by doctor Michael Stacy who is the chief medical officer at Lifelong Medical care. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6. It is a rather disturbing trend seeing that this virus is targeting some communities, harder than others why is this happening. As your other guest pointed out really these facts in that community are are are have been there for when covid19 layers on top of a lot of chronic conditions and Health Problems we know that could be 19 affects those individuals for severely those chronic diseases and Health Problems are exist at higher rates within the African American population and and those exist because of those social inequities to housing instability of food scarcity issues like mass incarceration in the africanamerican communities. Yeah, this virus slamming black americans is not something that just happened overnight. Theres a lot of back story to this. Yes, absolutely um you know back story that goes on for for many years and will not be resolved after covid19 i think its a stark reminder that once covered 19 passes a spy we still have these societal inequities to address and. And deal in in these communities and in our in our country. Certainly not something that will be solved overnight. Is it helpful as a doctor for counties as we do the breakdown of how many cases there are how many recoveries there hamid us there are to see that number to see in percentage is the Racial Disparity and then what do they do with that information it. Well i think its very helpful to for our providers that are on the front lines and working with these communities were directly out reaching to them so we can increase the testing identify these individuals and and help them and treat them sooner before they become severely ill. Weve also been going through and identifying your highs for speech and so we can call them and check and check in with them on the phone. So that again we can try to test them get them very retreat maker that they before it becomes severe for them. So many dont have healthcare dont have a primary physician dont have a way when theyre sick to take time off of work in this just sort of highlights that this virus really takes everyone down that it can but its really targeting us the specific type of community yes, again, you know. Challenges faced by these communities are are many covid19 on top of that makes it even you know, its its its very easy your social distancing for example, our orders for social distancing a across from. You know across our counties but Homeless Individuals africanamericans make up a disproportionate number of those individuals who are homeless. Its very difficult to comply with social distancing from that date its a its a privilege to be able to social distance in the way that most of us still. Its a definitely a privilege to be able to have 6 time to build take vacation to be able to work from home. The things that help people are not taking for granted right now. A doctor michael the chief medical officer at life on medical care. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Well switch things up now and talk to our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who is working from home tonight with a look at our forecast to arts. Justine were not done with the rain just yet around the bay area all part of that same storm that came through they guess what well see some that wrap around moisture around that area of low pressure and certainly a chance of some showers again tonight outside see the clouds rolling on shore this a familiar sight, the low clouds. And the fog making the way through the Golden Gate Bridge on the peninsula. Well well see more of that of course in the coming days, temperatures running at or slightly below the average today, 58 degrees in san. In san jose 67 degrees and live more 68 in concord and 65 degrees in santa rosa. All right theres an area of low pressure moved all the way into Southern California bringing them some rain some thunderstorms more snow over the mountains certainly they continue to see that rain now but its broken up just a little bit showers continuing all the way up in the Santa Barbara right now the bay area though remaining dry at this time, but thats not the way its going to last overnight tonight things are going to begin to change that low is going to spin around some of that moisture back into the bay area certainly a chance of a couple of scattered showers overnight tonight and even tomorrow theres a. Here we go in the forecast overnight tonight. Well see that fog along the coastline and then just after about 1 oclock in the morning tonight, a band of rain coming through showers rolling through the bay area thats a live forecast back to you just e. 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Right now millions of struggling americans are anxiously awaiting direct payments promised by the federal government, you know everyone in the country was looking through my house like i how do i get my check michigan congresswoman Elissa Slotkin says the money up to 1200 for adults and 500 for kids will help families in need. But there was a gap and we started hearing from Michigan State students for many College Students or dependent disabled adults dont qualify for anything so their parents werent getting an extra 500. And then they werent getting the 1200 extra 500 is a big deal to now a growing number of lawmakers are pushing a plan to include College Student under 24 and other adults that are dependent or included in any future payments iowa, congresswoman cindy actually says no family should be shortchanged during a pandemic we need to make sure that were. Helping every Single Person in this country during this difficult time right now speaker of the house nancy pelosi and the white house are backing the plan but say they do want to send more money to families feel republicans like senator tom tillis say its important not to rush the first thing we need to do. Is fully execute not take your eyes off the ball on implementing base rate and then figure out what gas we need to fill the irs says the first payments are expected to ride through direct deposit within the next 2 weeks. In washington Raquel Martin. So next here at 6. 30 we will hear from a bay area woman whose has survived Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but im relentless too. Because every day matters. And having more of them is possible with verzenio, the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant, regardless of menopausal status. And its the only one of its kind you can take every day. 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