Condition worsened. Sergio . Reporter yeah, that man is named wilson ma. I have been in contact with the family all day. They are devastated that he died this morning. But they are also trying to focus on their mother. In has siymptoms and now that e miami. These are photos his daughter showed on the south american adventure together. They are both from San Francisco. The ship docked in miami saturday morning but was not allowed to dock in argentina. He started feeling sick early last week and was tested for coronavirus when the captain of the ship arranged for tests to be on board. Ma is one of 12 people who tegsed positive. He was rushed to the hospital yesterday in miami. He was unresponded today. The family posted we are beyond grandfather. But his much time to grieve because their mother also has symptoms and was not taken off the ship until today. A special team loaded theship to assess eight six passengers. The family says the mother was taken off the ship just a few hours ago.
So while youre discovering new things to do in the box, well be here for you. At the drivethru, on the mobile app, and with delivery. In San Francisco, sfmta is shutting down some of the lines and many will not be working this week. A tiger tested positive in the bronx. What they have added to their procedures at safari west because of that. We have a rather wet week across the bay area but tomorrow, a chance of showers. We have a look at the hour by hour time line. Abc news at 11 00 starts right now. Mun sy service is cut down to levels not seen in decades. The director says it will be quote tomorrow a mess. And sfmta is shutting down 51 active lines starting next week. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke with jeff tumlin about the service. The wait line will be highly affected, expecting 30 to 40 of operators not to show up this week, and this is to minimize risk to the staff and to the public. During this global pandemic, San Francisco is silent. And starting this week, our streets w
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
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.
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