Announced that the spread of the virus might be reaching an apex, and were getting close to that flattening of the curve. Positive messages about the outbreak were welcome news on wall street, helping to send stocks soaring on monday, and by wednesday the s p 500ed had joined the dow in exiting the bear market it fell into on march 12th. Its now up 25 from its low point just a little more than two weeks ago. More gains came as the fed stepped up its efforts. Meanwhile, the irs was moving to send direct payments to individuals, and billions of federal dollars to help Small Businesses stay afloat were being sent to banks for loans that could eventually be forgiven although problems caused a bottleneck in getting the cash out. Still, the grim news about the economy continues unabated as another 6. 6 million filed firsttime jobless claims this week. Meanwhile, theres a growing push by the president and others to start allowing businesses that have been shut down because of the coronavirus
Process of going review for accuracy. Lets look at con up firmed cases. We have now surpassed 6,000 confirms cases in the bay area. Santa clara, still a hot zone with more than 1800. San francisco reporting more than 1,000. We have all been trying to flatten the curve. Lets take a look at how its working. The team has been prorking the numbers for weeks now. The red bars show the new bailey cases. You can see the biggest day jump was on march 30th. Right here. That is march 30th. That is when we had a moment of 338 new cases in one day. You look at the yellow line. This one across here that is the one that measures cases on a sevenday average. Thats the kumpb curve, you can its beginning to go down, drop and flatten. We do have new rules. Mandatory masks. San francisco is requiring to you cover your face. Order means that everyone must cover their nose and mouth in public. If you dont, you can get a citation. The order begins at the midnight tonight. But enforcement wont begin until ne
Month shes had. Do you feel lucky to be here . You bet i do. I feel i dodged a bullet. Reporter that was her being hospitalized. The doctor said how to you feel being diagnosed with the coronavirus . I said i feel afraid. He said, well, youre in good hands. Reporter she was the 39th diagnosed case in San Francisco. The odds were stacked against her. You have to understand that im an old lady with type two diabetes, lung cancer survivor, asthma and i survived. Theres hope. It was really scary. Reporter daughter lisa felt helpless and feared the worst. I kept hearing the stories of all the parents and grandparents in italy that were dying alone because their families couldnt come visit them. Reporter but a grim story from her son helped her turn the corner. He said are you dying, mom . I said, no, absolutely not. I think that helped me gain strength. Reporter doctors cant say why some doesnt survive the virus and others like doris do. Ive heard from many colleagues theyve been able to di
Area residents good evening. Everybody thank you for joining us tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im pam moore and im ken wayne until now wearing face wear in public was an option but that will no longer be the case in 6 bay area county says ride these new directives com as the number of covid19 cases here in the bay area continues to rise. There are now more than 6,000 confirmed cases and 196 people have lost their lives on your screen you can see how the numbers break down county by county. Santa clara county still leading the bay area with 73 deaths and more than 1800 cases Alameda County has seen 40 deaths there are 28 dance in San Mateo County 20 and San Francisco county Health Officials have been encouraging the use of Face Coverings to try to prevent the spread of covid19 San Francisco, san Mateo Alameda contra costa marin and sonoma are now taking action to ensure everyone is following suit. Kron fours dan kerman has our top story tonight more and more weve seen people who venture ou
Announced that the spread of the virus might be reaching an apex, and were getting close to that flattening of the curve. Positive messages about the outbreak were welcome news on wall street, helping to send stocks soaring on monday, and by wednesday the s p 500ed had joined the dow in exiting the bear market it fell into on march 12th. Its now up 25 from its low point just a little more than two weeks ago. More gains came as the fed stepped up its efforts. Meanwhile, the irs was moving to send direct payments to individuals, and billions of federal dollars to help Small Businesses stay afloat were being sent to banks for loans that could eventually be forgiven although problems caused a bottleneck in getting the cash out. Still, the grim news about the economy continues unabated as another 6. 6 million filed firsttime jobless claims this week. Meanwhile, theres a growing push by the president and others to start allowing businesses that have been shut down because of the coronavirus