In the east bay we had an earlier crash, eastbound 24, the slowing earlier cleared. Theyre still there. No problem traveling away from the bay bridge. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Tracking coronavirus cases across the country there are now more than 337,000. The bay area has more than 3,600 confirmed cases. Santa clara county has about onethird of the overall total and at least 89 people have died here in the bay area. In the meantime on capitol hill americas Biggest Health leaders are warning this could be our roughest week yet as america continues to battle the pandemic. Tracie potts joins us live from washington, d. C. , this morning with the very latest. Tracie . Reporter laura, good morning. They say we are going to see the numbers soar this week and it will be a tough week. While things are getting worse in some areas theyre starting to get better in others. I see light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter with coronavirus cases expected to peak this week, the white house is hopeful.
Given the unique situation in florida. Im im going to be doing an executive order today im directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home to only those necessary to obtain or provide essential services were conducting essential activities. The governor of florida issued a statewide stay at home order today to stop the spread of coronavirus it goes into effect friday morning and will last throughhe end of the month part of the order says the health and safety of floridians was jeopardized after thousands of people descended on the states beaches. During spring break. And today is the first day of at least another month under the trump administrations social distancing guidelines and even with at least 80 of americans living under a stay at home order. The White House Coronavirus task force projects between 100,000 and 240,000 people could still die from covid19 karin caifa has the latest from washington. April first begins a new month and the u. S
Now hear about. Reporter they are getting accustomed to seeing empty schoolyards and and the School Buildings it will be unlikely that the students will return back to the classroom this year progress would the right thing for us to do for our children and the parents and households and for the communities for which they reside is to make sure that we are preparing today to set our School System where we are increasing class time and increasing it at home and fulfilling our obligations through Distance Learning. Reporter google is stepping up to facilitate Distance Learning for all students, tony thurman is following up on a memo sent to School Districts statewide. Out of an abundance of caution we believe it is most important that all of our schools maximize their efforts around Distance Learning to help all of our students progress would now districts throughout the state are working out details to handle Distance Learning making sure that all kids have the internet and computer acce
Store on newell avenue near broadway and is now in quarantine. Whole foods sent out a statement that read in part, quote, out of an abundance of caution the store performed an additional cleaning and disinfection on top of our current enhanced sanitation measures. Oakland is opening a new drivethrough test site. But this is not for the general public. Only certain people will be able to get tested there. Nbc bay areas kris sanchez is live from home. Kris, i know you watched that press conference. What are the details surrounding this new test site . Reporter you may be relieved to hear there are more tests available in oakland. This is not for everybody, there are still a shortage of tests available so oakland is trying to maximize how they use the available tests. Speaking in the last hour or so, mayor libby schaaf, wearing a red bandanna to cover her mouth while out in public, she announced widening of testing. Up to now, oakland was first Testing Health care workers, police and fire
An outbreak in a nursing home in Contra Costa County. Whats being done to try to stop it. Also we were sent on the cruise ship, and we were on land. Finally heading home but theyre not necessarily relieved. The uncertainty and fear facing these Cruise Ship Passengers who landed at sfo tonight. Plus [ cheers and applause ] the navy might have fired this bay area native for sounding the alarm about the virus. But his fellow sailors say hes a hero. We have a lot to get to tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im jessica aguirre. It has been a long, arduous week and things continue to get worse with the coronavirus pandemic. Tonight a grim revelation from the state of new york. Within the past day, 562 people died there. Thats more than almost the entire month of march. Health care workers are now calling Emergency Rooms battle zones. We are afraid for our patients. We are afraid for our families. Were afraid for our lives. Tonight new York Governor Andrew Cuom