San francisco. The citys new attempt to keep people six feet apart. And some clarity from the cdc on how this virus is spread. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Dinner is served and retailers are open for business p. Theres a lot of excitement in napa county. However, a lot of concern that were reopening too early. Heres nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney in napa. Reporter the long wait is over at downtown joes in napa this evening, and by early evening a waiting list. Like a reopening, like were starting all over again. Reporter that from joe bateman, who opened this restaurant 27 years ago. Jamie kellys happy to be here with sons carter and cooper. It was nice not having to come up with a strategy as to what we were going to do for dinner. We were actually able to make a spontaneous stop, have a meal. It was really nice. Reporter napa is the first bay area county to move into the next phase reopening, largely because its only had one covid19 hospitalization in the
People celebrate all things marijuana at hippie hill. Not this year. Covid testing continues to be a barrier. Part of that is a shortage of supplies. Today President Trump announced he will use the defense production act to increase the number of medical swabs being produced. Theyre key for carrying out those tests. Well, for the First Time Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the united states, an entire town will be tested, regardless if someone is showing symptoms. Its part of a Research Project put together by the marin county town of bolinas in cooperation with ucsf. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana spoke with the organizers who are hoping this small town idea has big results. Reporter you can see tonight im wearing a actually at whats going to be a test site. All of these tents are already set up for volunteers to start collecting samples from all 1600 bolinas town residents. Researchers want to see how widespread coronavirus is in this small town. They also want to see how they can u
Hospital got its first patients today. We go to santa clara. Reporter im wearing a mask as a precaution. Late this afternoon, two covid19 patients were transferred here to the Convention Center from local hospitals. And more patients are expected to arrive here later this week. Covid19 patients with milder symptoms are now recovering at the santa clara Convention Center. Instead of hosting tech conferences, the center is transferred into a federal medical station with 250 beds, where doctors, nurses and pharmacists will treat patients 24 7. As more patients pour into bay area hospitals, this site will decrease the patient load and help hospitals focus on more critical patients. They will have the ability to transfer low acuity patients to this site, where they can carry out their recovery for the coronavirus. Reporter more than 1,000 people nationwide have died from the virus in the last 24 hours, the thirdstraight day for that grim milestone. Now, a dire warning from the surgeon gener
Process of going review for accuracy. Lets look at con up firmed cases. We have now surpassed 6,000 confirms cases in the bay area. Santa clara, still a hot zone with more than 1800. San francisco reporting more than 1,000. We have all been trying to flatten the curve. Lets take a look at how its working. The team has been prorking the numbers for weeks now. The red bars show the new bailey cases. You can see the biggest day jump was on march 30th. Right here. That is march 30th. That is when we had a moment of 338 new cases in one day. You look at the yellow line. This one across here that is the one that measures cases on a sevenday average. Thats the kumpb curve, you can its beginning to go down, drop and flatten. We do have new rules. Mandatory masks. San francisco is requiring to you cover your face. Order means that everyone must cover their nose and mouth in public. If you dont, you can get a citation. The order begins at the midnight tonight. But enforcement wont begin until ne
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