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
At Good Samaritan hospital they here. Say they were proactive with the im alternating between coffee installation of temporary tents definitely going to be wet this outside the emergency department. Each has enough room to triage weekend. For today, though, starting off pretty clear out there. Up to six patients at the time. Heres a look from the they also have the capacity to exploratorium camera out there as we look from pier 15 back to triple the number of beds in the the Embarcadero Center in icu. Were working on staffing models to make sure we have Salesforce Tower. Mostly sunny to start. Enough icu nurses, as well as physiciansorem 41 to 47 and a few high clouds late and temperatures in the low to mid50s after 7 00 after into federal medical station with 250 topping out in the mid to upper beds to treat less severe cases 60s. Area of low pressure that will of covid19 and that should be bring us the wet weather this weekend. Open as early as next week. It is still a one on the sto
Ahead. Good friday morning to. Another chilly start. Temperatur arnnin30s d the 40s so, santa rosa, you are in the upper 30s. Upper 40s for San Francisco as well as for oakland. Now, lets show you a live look with our san jose camera and breezy conditions along the coast looking at 18 mileper hour winds around the bay out of the west. That is an onshore flow as we head to the day looking at daytime highs slightly below average, 63, oakland. Mid 60s for san jose and concord. We will timeout the rain coming up. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. Everything is looking pretty good this morning. No wind advisory so that is pretty good news. Golden gate bridge also looks good as well with no major snacks. Things are clear in both directions. Just a heads up, though, there is some roadwork and an accident in the clearing stages just north of the golden is good news. Maverb work especial along 101. We might see a few brake lights if you are headed out early this morning, you see
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