Will provide daily updates of key data that describe the impact of the coronavirus in San Francisco. Data are an important tool to help san franciscans see the picture of the coronavirus in our community. This knowledge will help us all do our part and see over time how this situation is changing. Our data analysts have been working tirelessly to collect information from across the city and create accurate i want to stress accurate reliable reports to guide our decisions and inform the public. The department of Public Health collaborated with the controller and open data sf and Emergency Management and i want to thank all colleagues for hard work and support. The tracker features information about cases, demographics of patients, hospitalizations and testing. We will add more Data Elements and they will be updated as we gather more information and continue to improve the tracker. Lets review the tracker now and go to the first slide. As you can see, today there are 676 San Francisco re
Doing to keep all of our meetings running smoothly, which i know that is challenging in these times. And mr. Clerk do you have announcemented . Clerk due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect City Employees, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and the Committee Room are closed. The members are participating in the meeting remotely, the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment is available for each item on the agenda, both cable channel 26 and sfggovtv. Org are streaming. And the ability to speak during the Comment Period are available by calling 8882045984. And you can utilize an access code. The code is, 3501008. Ill repeat those numbers, the calling number is 8882045984. And the access code is, 3501008. And once callers are connected they s3501008. And once callers are connected they should press the pound symbol. And then press the pound symbol again. And then after theyre connected if they wish to speak they should dial 1 and then dial 0, in
Guest today from the Interface Council who will be speaking directly after my comments. As of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. This is clearly a challenging time for San Francisco. What we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. We know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. Over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. We also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasnt as nice as it will be this weekend. I want be to remind people. It is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. We may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that San Francisco is in a decent place. The fact is, we need to be mindful that this virus is out there. We cannot ge
Residents. We will provide extra resources to support staff and residents coping with the impact of the outbreak. For example the chaplain is available for Spiritual Services and guidance for staff and residents. We have opened a dedicated phone line. Staffed by clinicians to provide emotional support to residents in realtime. This support is in addition to the regular Clinical Behavioral Health services. We also have a Behavioral Health specialist on site dedicated to staff needs who is proactively reaching out to the staff on the two units that have been impacted to provide support and coping mechanisms. The Behavioral Health specialist is available to all staff and our clinicians will continue to reach out to provide services. We know, i know that caring for the most vulnerable is some of the most intense and selfless work in the city. I am grateful to the compassion of the laguna honda team. They are true heroes. With regard to Infection Prevention and control, laguna honda continu
Tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the Interface Council who will be speaking directly after my comments. As of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. This is clearly a challenging time for San Francisco. What we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. We know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. Over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. We also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasnt as nice as it will be this weekend. I want be to remind people. It is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. We may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that San Francisco is in a decent place. The fact is, we need