Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Tonight only on 7, you see him right here. 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
The peninsula, San Mateo County has reached 453 cases, 10 deaths so far San Francisco county has 458 cases with 7 deaths and the east bay Alameda County 396 cases with 9 deaths Contra Costa County stands at 276 cases and 3 deaths and in the north bay moraine county is it 118 cases so far and 6 staff Sonoma County reporting 95 cases with one death Solano County has 61 cases with one death and that the county has 20 cases and one death. New reported cases of coronavirus a homeless shelter saw its first case a person was staying at a Navigation Center but has since been moved to isolation. Now a handful of San Francisco supervisors are calling on the mayor to do more to help the citys phone rubble, Homeless Population. Kron fours dan thorn has that story. Weve learned that this person is in Good Condition and they are right now recovering in an isolation room, but the supervisors say that this case could have and should have been prevented. Theyre demanding action and theyre calling out t
Abc 7 news desk. Breaking news at the live desk this morning. A cruise member from the grand princess cruise ship has died. Sky 7 is flying over the cruise ship right now. We want to get you that so you can see the area. The crew member died in a San Francisco hospital after being tra transferred off the ship last month. Hundreds of workers remain on the grand princess docked at its home port in the San Francisco cruise terminal. 14day quarantine ends tomorrow. A coalition of unity groups and experts will hold an Emergency Press conference later today. Theyll be talking about worker safety, as well as testing. Reggie, ill send it over to you. I had forgotten that that ship is still here in the bay area. Bay Area Public Health officials are now recommending that you wear a face cover when youre out in public. We are talking about cloth face coverings, not the n95 specialized mask that people in the hospitals need. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . There hav
Matches a historic crisis. It includes billion for direct payments to individuals and families. Another 250 billion in Unemployment Insurance benefits. 350 billion for Small Business loans and billion in loans for distressed corporations senate has pivoted from one of the most contentious. Partisan periods and the nations history. Passing this rescue package now goes to the house of representatives for a vote which will most likely happen on friday. Im John Lawrence reporting. Ok so heres what the stimulus package means for you and your family adults making 75,000 or less well get a 1200 payment couples who are a 150,000 or less will get 2400. Families get 500 per child thats under the age of 17. And the payment will scale down based on your income so there are some limits people making more than 99,000 a year and couples making more than a 198,000 will not get a payment. The bill also provides billion for Small Business loans. Theres billion in Unemployment Insurance benefits and mill
Historic bill was voted on just last night John Lawrence has details. The nays are 0. The 60 fo vote threshold having been achieved the bill is passed the American People have 2 trillion reasons to feel a little more comfortable about the us economy. Thats the amount of the stimulus package, the Senate Passed wednesday night its a historic day. Because it matches a historic crisis. It includes billion for direct payments to individuals and families. Another 250 billion in Unemployment Insurance benefits. 350 billion for Small Business loans and billion in loans for distressed corporations senate has pivoted from one of the most contentious. Partisan periods and the nations history. Passing this rescue package now goes to the house of representatives for a vote which will most likely happen on friday. Im John Lawrence reporting. So you may be asking what does this mean well heres what the stimulus package means for you take a look at the screen adult making 75,000 or less youll get a 12