From the residents who have tested negative. And are a systematic. We have advised that the staff do not intermingle between these two groups. Rather dedicated staff are assigned to work with one group only. Reporter tests will be conducted regularly to monitor the spread. Now to San Francisco where the police chief is announcing the first citation for violating the social distancing order. Christian is live in the city were leaders are urging residents to of course shelter in place. San francisco has been on lockdown for 2 1 2 weeks. Officials stress that social distancing and Health Orders are still the greatest tools to stop the spread of coronavirus. By and large the police chief says residents are following the orders but he says his officers have issued one citation to a business that repeatedly flouted the order, and an individual who refuse to shelter in place. If we had to go back were not going to ask twice. We have had to cite a business in the last 24 hours and we have cite
Covid19 crisis. California now house more than 10,000 cases of covid19 and 233 people have died. Los angeles county has the most confirmed cases with more than 4000 followed by Santa Clara County at more than 1000 and San Diego County at 849. A south bay nursing home has at least a halfdozen residents and staff who tested positive for the virus. Jesse gary joins us now in san jose with the details and what is being done to keep the problem from getting worse. Reporter late this afternoon officials with the Canyon Springs postacute care facility increase the number of covid19 cases they are reporting. They reported three, now its cials to call relatives of d residents and as a precaution, tell them to come get the relatives, bring them home for a 14 day quarantine. Officials say multiple positive test results were revealed, one as recently as this week, two residents and four staffers are infected with covid19. One resident was discharged before the test results were known, the other is
Unemployment benefits last week. That is double the previous weeks record of 3. 3 million. Ringing the total to almost 10 million. Here in california 878,000 people filed first time and implement claims last week compared to 186,000 the week before. California has twice as many claims as any other state. Relief is now available for Small Businesses in california affected by the outbreak. Governor newsom today announced a relief package that extends the sales tax deadline for Small Businesses to july 1. Businesses with less than 5 million in taxable sales will be able to defer payment of up to 30,000 for one year without a fine or penalty. In essence it is a bridge loan. The money youve already collected, you will not have to pay the state for 12 months, no penalties or interest, de facto, alone. Governor newsom also announced a new job search website called on rca. Org. It will assist people that are laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic find employment and other resources. Today th
In the past two weeks. Good evening, everyone. Im julie haner. And im frank sommerville. Tonight we have another statistic thats as staggering. 1 million cases and rising. Today the worldwide coronavirus pandemic reached and then quickly exceeded that number, along with more than 53,000 deaths. And here in the bay area theres more sad news, all nine counties have reported deaths from the coronavirus. Everyone should work a Face Covering out in public. Regional Authorities Say wearing a cloth mask or bandanna may prevent transmission of the coronavirus. This in medical grade masks should be reserved for healthcare rkers. According to the Labor Department a record 6. 6 Million People filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week. Here in california 870,000 people filed firsttime claims. California has twice as many unemployment claims as any other state. The flood of new requests for jobless benefits is now threatening to overwhelm the States Employment offices. Now we have advice
Engineers and doctors working together to make your c pap machine an emergency ventilator. Could wearing cloth face masks make a difference in the fight against covid19 . The guidelines just issued in the bay area. You may have heard of the bachelor. But have you heard of quarantine bachelor . Its an online series where instead of a rose, you get a roll of toilet paper. Im meteorologist sandhya patel tracking a pair of storms for your weekend. Hourbyhour timeline is coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. There are now more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide. More than 11,000 are here in california. But there could be far more. The state has a massive backlog of 59,000 pending tests, and its growing, leaving an incomplete picture of how widespread this outbreak really is here. A stunning surge in weekly unemployment claims. 6. 6 million across the country. 111,000 californians file for unemployment every d