County of santa clara. Thats 36 more cases than i reported on monday. I have signed a mandatory order prohibiting public or private gatherings of more than 100 people. Santa clara county takes dramatic action. Public schools in Santa Clara County will close to student attendance beginning march 16th through april 3rd, 2020. Each of these institutions are giving guidance, doing it frankly with the heavy heart because there are tradeoffs with every decision that we make. I recognize we are in very difficult times. These decisions are hard to make. We are balancing the Public Health need to slow the spread of infection with a significant impact, we know these actions will have on the lives of our residents. We believe these actions are necessary to protect the wellbeing of our community during one of the most historic Public Health challenges of our time. Once again, we begin with important knew developments on coronavirus. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. These new developmen