Globally there are almost 1. 6 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus with the global death toll reaching 95,000. The United States leads the world with more than 460,000 cases and 16,000 reported s. California is now trying to extend extra benefits to Health Care Workers on the front lines of coke and 19 our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the governors latest update. California Health Care Workers on the front lines of covid19 now have access to travel vouchers and stipends governor newsome announced thursday the state will reimburse lower wage workers 100 of hotel costs and provide vouchers to others who need to sleep away from home for work so that theyre allowed to stay closer to their patients. And provide them the opportunity not to worry about being out of pocket or worry about exposing their families or god forbid worried about another night sleeping in their car. So they can stay closer to the needs in their communities. The 150 hotels that are part of the states bulk purchasing plan will be available on a state website called cal travel store dot com starting friday newsome said fema will help fund this program along with a million donation from Mark Zuckerberg provide the kind of that increasingly is for a workforce that is deeply stressed out deeply stretched enhancing staff throughout the states medical workforce, california now has more than 86,000 applicants for its health corps newsome said thursday, the first 350 people have been picked to help launch the program to help health Corps Members get to their destination newsom announced a handful of airlines stepped in to offer free roundtrip tickets to their temporary workplace. No matter where they are at any point of the globe, not just across the United States are within the state of california, the state trying to put resources in place ahead of its predicted patients surge in midmay in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Now to the latest on the coronavirus cases here in the bay area tonight there are more than 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 115 people have died. Were also learning the 12 inmates and 2 employees at the santa rita jail have tested positive for coronavirus here now are the latest numbers with the breakdown by county. Well start in Santa Clara County where 47 people have died. San mateo county has 21 deaths, 10 people died from covid19 in San Francisco there have been 8 deaths in contra costa county, 17 deaths in Alameda County, including the city of berkeley which reported its first death today. There have been 10 deaths in marion county. 2 deaths in napa and solano counties and one death in sonoma county. There is continued concern tonight surrounding a senior care facility in Alameda County. Kron fours kate rooney has the latest update. After Alameda CountyHealth Officials confirmed an outbreak of covid19 at gateway care and Rehabilitation Center in hayward the number of cases ru on thursday, 25 Staff Members have been infected along with 40 residents and 7 deaths among residents. So the county is working on containing the spread weve been emphasizing, you know everything from the importance of personal protective equipment. And really trying to waiting and then any patients with symptoms and alum making sure that theyre isolated as many people know a lot of recommendations around making sure that no nonessential visitors come in and think activities we have a long checklist recommendation to ensure those recommendations will be met Going ForwardAlameda County is partnering with the state Health Department to establish a task force for quote additional oversight and outbreak response of the task force gets up and running will be able to do even more. Im interviewing and possibly on a visit to try to ensure that the staff and the administration have the they need in the training they need to really and other facilities part of the problem has been staff who work at more than one facility and could spread the virus that way gateway is also facing criticism from some family members who say they havent been able to get updated information on the health of their loved ones. The facility had no comment on these allegations for kron 4 as of thursday for kron 4 news, im kate rooney. At the Daily White HouseCoronavirus Task force meeting federal officials talked about unemployment and how the Paycheck Protection Program is there to help out the Record Number of americans now facing little or no income kron fours theresa has details. The American People make it difficult sacrifices that is included being furloughed the laidoff having a Small Business struggle. United states secretary of labor Eugene Scalia on how the u. S. Is attempting to help out workers now facing no jobs due to the coronavirus this as the president talked about how americans are showing great efforts to participate in fighting the spread of the highly infectious virus begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the American People millions of americans are making. Profound and difficult sacrifices in their own lives because they know. It will save the lives of countless others and thats exactly what its doing you see whats happening in. Where we are where we stand how awesome state show a leveling on slowing down of infections. Some states are still very much in an aggressive battle. But the newer ones that we talk about in washington and was philadelphia and baltimore. It looks like theyre attack rates in the attack rates in denver and some of these other states that we have been talking about are much lower. That new york and new jersey and this gives us hope about really understanding how to integrate this information together. And doctor fauci adding as predicted this week is turning out to be quite tragic for the country with record s adding we need to continue to social distance a message echoed by the vice president. The reality is that we see new projections from the experts and if the projections are right. Its because its working america because the American People are putting into practice. The social distancing, caring for their neighbors and their loved ones and their family members and putting their health first. We just want to urge every american continue to put those principles and guidelines into practice every day to recess stasio kron 4 news. While this new normal of sheltering in place has been difficult for some it can be a real risk for others. Specifically victims of Domestic Abuse and to that end San Francisco has secured special housing for Domestic Violence victims. Kron fours dan kerman is live for us now at San Francisco city hall with more on the story dan. Well we have 2 weeks city officials have been working to protect various vulnerable populations be at the homeless beat seniors. Now theyre zeroing in on protecting those were victims of Domestic Violence. Sheltering in your home has been an adjustment for many but for victims of Domestic Violence, it can be increasingly dangerous in the midst of the covid19 and then that its those most foreign victims of violence in the home. Better at increased risk people are stocked with their cant go out into the community to seek in the places they normally would San FranciscoOfficials Say during the first week of the shelter in place they saw a sharp increase in requests for Domestic Violence services only to see that drop off the next week. To us and to many other experts and Community Partners its a troubling sign that the request had dropped off and it shows us people who are at home with abusers. Time reaching out for help. Someone who might have been coming in and participating in support groups are seeing a peer counselor or you and any number of local resources. And now those things may not be available to them in the same way. So theyre really isolated now the da along with the Mayors Office has reached an agreement with Real Estate Investment manager verite us. To provide 20 Furnished Apartments for survivors of Domestic Violence and i think that thats going to be very useful as as this stretches on. The need for additional and additional safe housing and safe shelter is just going to grow. And city officials are already working to make Additional Units like this one available. Now these units should be available by weeks end for survivors of Domestic Violence as well as their families they can stay there rent free for up to 90 days, live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan and now with more medical staff meeting to use face shields people at ucsf have taken matters into their own hands. Kron fours Maureen Kelly shows us how theyre using both high tech and common items to make their own. More than a dozen 3 d printers at ucsf are buzzing churning out critical parts for face shields this effort started 3 weeks ago to address a growing concern about their supply of what has quickly become a very necessary piece of protective equipment, this particular virus. The primary mode of transmission is droplets. So you want to be able to protect the frontline clinicians especially going to be doing any kind of procedures but long as any kind of of bodily fluids. They want to that front line defense of about shield. The director of clinical engineering at u c s f reached out to the hospitals makers lab. It so happened because of the covid crisis, some of the orthopedic surgeons who normally use the technology to create models of broken bones suddenly had time on their hands to help search for solutions to this problem it actually started that the first week that the elective surgeries with castle in San Francisco be found designs for a 3 d printed face shields online. With those required components that are now hard to come by so we decided to use rubber downs for our bags that are readily available we decided to use transparency sheets as well as report covers. Are also readily available and 3 d printing which happens to be a better lee available resource sets out there now producing 300 face shields today designed for ease of use the frames can be cleaned and reuse and the front face plastic. Could be swapped out is needed i think its its under 2 and materials. To make each shield ucsf is making their design and printing procedures available for anyone to use. Theyre also hoping to ramp up production by teaming up with the manufacturer so this life saving equipment can be more readily available. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. Still ahead here on kron 4 news at 6 oclock a status update on those Coronavirus Relief checks from the federal government and instructions on how to receive payments. Also bay area schools are closed but classes continue on line. How the antioch educators are preparing students for a virtual format. Plus the latest unemployment figures as the pandemic has left what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Americans stimulus checks cannot come soon soon enough today, the Labor Department said a another 6. 6 million americans. Filed for Unemployment Benefits last week and add that to the 6. 8 million who filed for unemployment, the previous week, altogether more than 14 million American Workers have applied for aid since midmarch workers continue to suffer from devastating job losses furloughs and reduced hours connected to the coronavirus pandemic but there is some good news for taxpayers. The first wave of stimulus checks are being sent out today to find out if you are one of those taxpayers we turn to kron fours haaziq madyun. The first wave of coronavirus tax relieve checks could soon be on the way eligible taxpayers who file tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an Economic Impact paid according to the irs taxpayers who file electronically will have to do anything but take a look at their Bank Accounts to see if they deposit has been bay those who did not file electronically will have to keep an eye on their bill boxes with their checks to arrive at a later time if the irs does not have your direct deposit information in the coming weeks, the u. S. Treasury Department Says it plans to launch a webbased portal for anyone who would like to provide their Online Banking deposit information to the irs if you are a taxpayer who typically does not file a return youll need to submit one did order to get paid the payout breakdown is as follows individual taxpayers only less than 99,000 will receive up to 1200 very joint filing taxpayers only less than 198,000 will receive up to 2400 and parents will also receive an additional 500 for each qualifying child aged 16 and under among those not eligible to receive stimulus checks are being College Students and disabled adult dependents. Lawmakers are hoping to cover those groups any future round of payments. Now anyone who has a tax filing obligation but did not file a return in 2018 or 2019 can still receive a stimulus check however, the irs encourages you to file right away and that you include your direct deposit banking information on the richard. These Economic Impact payments will be available throughout the rest of 2020. Has it made you kron 4 news. South bay officials are taking action to head off any potential impacts of the coronavirus pandemic that might have a bad result during the general election this fall as kron fours rob fladeboe reports right now Santa Clara County is looking into holding an election where everybody votes by mail. A majority of Santa Clara County voters already vote by mail but this fall voting by mail could be the only way to vote the board of supervisors has called on the registrar of voters to explore the possibility for president says each so we want to make sure that no matter what happens in the fall that were prepared if covid19 is still a significant part of our lives and we want to make sure that the registrar of voters of has a plan to let everybody vote by mail. Planning would look at the impact of doing away with polling places there will be outreach to ensure that hard to reach people those in the hospital or a Nursing Homes or in jail are not left out. Part of the reason were doing the research is they want to make sure we understand all the unintended consequences everything from cost to to to maybe even disenfranchising somebody accidentally the boards action comes in the wake of this weeks primary in wisconsin where the u. S. Supreme court refused to extend the deadline to postpone the primary, forcing people to vote in person amid the coronavirus pandemic enough people in this country have died for the right to whether you are in the military whether youre a civil rights activist whether youre a suffrage activist and the most important thing we can do is make it easy for every Single Person in our entire community. Both and not risk their lives to do it, although most registered voters currently cast their ballots by mail thousands, still ahead for vote centers to fill out a paper ballot or vote by machine doing so this year could be risky says chavez i think what we could see is what happened in wisconsin, which is people literally went out and risk their lives to we shouldnt have to do that here the Registrars Office is expected to get back to the board with some preliminary findings next month. Meantime assemblyman marc berman of menlo park announced today that hes going to introduce legislation that all registered voters statewide. Be mailed a ballot for the 2020 general election. Rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Lets check in now with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow to get a look at our warmup thats coming our way he wants. Yeah hey there justine yet really going to be improving these next few days as High Pressure. Finally going to settle it. I think well see temperatures running above normal maybe the next 7 maybe 10 days so here we go outside right now we do have a couple passing clouds out there some fog and low clouds moving in along the coastline also some mid to high level clouds moving up above and certainly well see more of that throughout the night time low clouds and fog could begin to fill into the bay. Temperatures just slightly below the average in San Francisco at 61 degrees we had oakland checking in at 6565 in san jose 61 in livermore 64 in concord and 65 degrees in santa rosa running a little bit below the average for this time of year. Low pressure still spinning a Southern California and that is that persistent low that actually brought us some rain over the weekend just take a long time to move out of town with really not much to kick eastward. In a hurry. That is about to change High Pressure is going to start to move in and as that ridge builds in thats going to shove and further to the south and the east, but right now point they are getting it in los angeles that rain coming down all the way down the mission be ale you see that continue showers near a Point Conception as well as some snow over the san gabriel mountains. We are going to continue to see more clouds move across our skies. Some of that wrap around moisture from that system sliding on through and even some low clouds and fog for us that even the potential for a little drizzle outside overnight tonight tomorrow. It will be a mix of sunshine and a few clouds but i think were going to see those temperatures warming up into the afternoon that some of those numbers going floor was 70 degrees by tomorrow. So that biggs at numbers outside right now little cool co side youve got some 50s out of the beaches lot of 60s inside the bay in the valleys now were seeing a pretty typical pattern setting up along the coast with a patchy low clouds and the fog will see more than all the way. Finally though some good news High Pressure going to start to sneak in. That ridge looks like its going to take over and its going to settle in for the weekend and well into next week just in were talking about temperatures maybe in the mid 70s as we head into next that was forecast, lets do it. Im ready. All right. Thanks lawrence. Coming up at 6. 45 what medical experts are saying about how the countrys social distancing initiatives have been impacting the viruses curve. And up next. 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Monday through friday from 00 10am in the morning through noon food service Staff Members with the cute the district are passing breakfast and lunch out to district students at Mission Elementary school. Some 500 meals are handed out today, it is important because a lot of kids will have their food their home a lot of their pies are now work in. And trying to get this for the kids make us feel saw rainfall in the same parking lot Mission Elementary teachers, providing students with lesson plans now that school is in session. The hard copies made available to families without the ability to run a laptop or access. The internet to be for next year. Also i think it gives that scheduling inconsistency and things to keeping them busy for those who can connect to the internet and take part in Virtual Education administrators have been giving one laptop or tablet out her district family at any off middle school. Friday will be the last day of distribution the superintendent says more have been ordered in case the current supply runs out principals and vice principals spent the weekend sanitizing and read imaging thousands of computers for students who will now finish the Academic Year wrapping their studies up from. Still ahead here on kron 4 news at 6 we have some tips on how you can help your community during this pandemic while staying at home and also saving money and staying safe. For the answer to having elections in the coronavirus era the mail in voting, im joe khaleel here in washington trying to push some lawmakers are making to have a universal mail in balloting system and the push back that its getting. And next at 6. 30 medical experts say stay at home because those restrictions are working, but they medical experts say that social distancing and the stay at home orders appear to be working in their new models are projecting fewer deaths than originally thought but as erica hill reports despite some positive news. There are some warnings now that this is not the time for americans to let our guard down. Empty streets and shuttered businesses lives on hold. There a lot of people like me. Or just wondering. How long this is going to be. What are you going to do. Nearly every corner of the economy and the country impacted state Labor Departments overwhelmed. This is a collapse really in the american job market youve never seen this many jobs gone so quickly. The city