San francisco added 39 cases, now at 622. While cases in Alameda County grew to more than 600. Here are the latest cases in lake and mendocino counties for our viewers there. Lake county reported two cases since sunday. Mendocino county reports four cases. And we are charting the total number of local cases on to this graph so we can take a look at the trend. This includes data for 14 counties, the bay are and beyond. And we showed a graph like that because were concerned about the peak. Can our medical systems handle the surge of cases . Do we have enough time to prepare . And what half . We have Team Coverage tonight. David louie looks at what life could be life post pandemic. But first, lets hear from abc7 news anchor liz kreutz about the latest projections showing we could reach the peak just one week from today. Liz . Dan, thats right. The state officials have been saying our peak will come in may, but a separate new updated projection shows we might hit that peak next week. We ta
To teach kids from a distance. This is not easy. But our kids are worth it. And it can be done. The California Department of education is providing standards and guidance. In antioch high schools have distributed chrome books to their students and they plan to get those laptops to middle schoolers today. Oakland is still working on its digital home schooling plan that administrators are still ironing out details on the Teachers Union with a deal. They dont have a date on when they will start the Distance Learning program. This is all new to everyone. Everyone still trying to figure out this unchartered territory. Reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. The number of confirmed covid19 cases in bay area and Santa Cruz County has now surpassed 4,000. Here the latest cases by county. Santa clara county still the hot spot with nearly 1,300 cases increasing by 61 in the latest report. Marin county reported five more cases as did sonoma county. Lake county is reporting two
As we expected. Heres a look at a cloudy sky where it is 51 degrees. Pretty mild this morning. Mid 40s to 50s and sun and clouds with mid to upper 50s at the coast. Near 60 at noon for our bay and inland neighborhoods and then mid and even a few upper 60s possible at 4 00 and a very comfortable evening mid50s to about 60. Reggie . Mike, thank you. You know, the last thing you want right now is to have essential workers showing up to work because they feel like they cant miss their pay even if they get sick. Well, now some major bay area cities are providing some relief. Abc 7 News Reporter Julian Glover is live for us in san jose. Julian . Hey, good morning, reggie. Yeah, this is really another tool in the tool box to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The idea is to give essential workers like you mentioned enough sick leave. An additional two weeks off so if they do come in contact with the coronavirus or they have it themselves, they dont have to worry about missing a paycheck
Washing stations to help those most in need. Grand princess returned to San Francisco where it docked. Members of the National Alliance for filipino concerns protested as the ship is closer. Theyre outraged that the crew is still on board the boat. Theyre calling this inhumane. Abc7 News Reporter luz pena j n joining us live now with the latest. Luz . Larry, that Filipino Community group wants crewmembers to get off the ship and get tested for covid19. Four days ago one of the passengers, one of the cruise members died of coronavirus. The grand princess is back at San Franciscos cruise ship terminal. On board, over 650 filipino memr wre concerned about hipmo tm crewmember from the grand princess cruise ship died of coronavirus in a San Francisco hospital. A day later on april 4th, hundreds of crewmembers who remain on the ship completed their quarantine period, but theyre still not going home. Very upsetting. For one worker to die in the bay area should have never happened. Over a mont