Ill take you through the timing of that and what to expect in 15 minutes. All right. We look forward to that. Well see you in 15. Federal Health Officials now are recommending everyone cover their mouth and nose when leaving their house. The centers for Disease Control made that announcement yesterday, one day after bay area counties rolled out similar guidance. Let me take you to joanne fabrics where in concord the store is giving away patterns and fabrics so customers can make their own. This federal announcement coming after some debate within the Coronavirus Task force. But ultimately they have come to the consensus it is best to be covered because there are more people than they expected who are a symptomatic and can be unknowingly contagious. This means that the virus can spread between people acting in close proximity. Coughing, speaking or sneezing even if those people were not exhibiting ri a Face Covering, the cdc also says wash it on. Dont touch your face while its on. Leave n95 masks for First Responders. And most importantly, wearing a Face Covering is not a s substitute for social distancing or staying at home. This was another long week and unfortunately things continue to get worse with this pandemic, including a grim revelation in the state of new york where in the past day 562 people have died there. Thats more deaths than 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. We are afraid for our lives. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order allowing the state and National Guard to take ventilators from hospitals that have too much and redistribute them t hard hit santa clara county, an eerie addition to a hospital thats bracing for a surge in patients. That you see there is a large refrigerator now sitting next to Regional Medical center on san joses North Jackson avenue. A source at the Hospital System tells us the icebox is there as a precaution in case our local death toll rises to the level of new york. You may remember, new york had to move bodies into refrigerated trucks. New developments for the bay areas extended shelter at home. All nine counties have now extended orders to stay at home unless you are part of an essential business or service. The last three counties to join this order were sonoma, napa and solano counties. The order runs until may 3rd. Santa clara county added 75 new cases yesterday for a total of 1,094. San francisco is up 47 cases to 497. Statewide were at more than 12,000 confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide. 239,000. We do want to note, though, that more than 12,000 people have recovered. 7,000 have died. An isolation and quantity order is now in county where anyone who came into contact with the virus needs to selfisolate. This order follows a massive outbreak at a nursing facility where 27 people have tested positive for the deadly virus. Two of them are in the hospital. Today sheryl hurts reports. Reporter stof members are tending to residents while those infected with the virus is sheltering in place. Contra costa Health Officials say the nearly two dozen people that tested positive for the virus here and who are in stable condition arent leaving the care center. Our goal here is just really isolate in place. Thats very consistent with our state health directives. Reporter 2 of the 27 people who came down with the virus here are being treated at local hospitals. This does not come as a surprise. This is something we have been worried about and preparing for for quite some time. Reporter as the county continues to prepare, it is also busy dealing with the rising number of people who are getting infected. As of friday, 307 contra costa residents have tested positive for covid19 and 5 people have diedverom ruvirus. They now require tividuals with symptoms must isolate for seven days. Those with symptoms have to tack on an extra week for when their symptoms started. Our primary weapons against this pandemic virus are isolation and quarantine of known cases and their close contacts. Reporter sheryl herd, nbc bay area news. There is a new ad Campaign Underway urging people to follow social distancing orders. It is an open letter from nearly 30 of the nations largest Public Health departments, including santa clara county. The Health Leaders published the letter in several of the countrys top newspaper. It reads in part, we know it is hard. We know that connection to and within our communities are some of the best things about our daytoday lives. But for now staying physically apart is the absolute best thing we can do for our friends, our family and our neighbors. The difference this will make will save lives. Now to china where today they held a threeminute nationwide moment of silence to honor the more than 3,000 people there who have died in the coronavirus outbreak. Commemorations took place in all major cities across china. But the memorial was particularly touching in wuhan, where the virus was first detected in december. It is just shy of 7 08. Much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up messages of home from complete strangers. Well show you the creative way bay area people are connecting with the outside world. Plus, a new drive through testing site in the bay area is open. We will show you where and how you can qualify. Welcome back. Its 7 10 on your saturday morning. A gorgeous look at the sun rides over san jose. Wow. What a great way to start your weekend. Do want to warn you, though, that there is rain on the way. So hopefully you can get out for some fresh air and enjoy that gorgeous sunrise. In these worrisome times, sometimes the smallest gesture can go a long way, like that sunrise you just saw there as we all look for ways to connect with each other while were apart. Postit notes are proving to be a great tool. Today in the bay, we see how. Reporter in this city by the bay, if staying at home is getting you down, it might be time to start looking up. There is a simple message spreading from window to window. Basically that were here for each other. That we cant be physically close to each other, but we can be close. Reporter people are making hearts made of postit notes, a simple way to connect. Nick monroe started the trend while he was working from home. Bored, trapped at home like everyone else. And i had supplies at hand, which were postit notes, red postit notes. Reporter hours after he showed his heart, he received a response from his neighbor across the street. I think it is nice to do something to cheer up your neighbors. Reporter a little love note, it seems, was contagious. As days have gone by, more post it hearts, relies of hi and displays of infection have started appearing across the city. These are things you never would have seen without us coming together. Reporter what started as kindness has become a fun game of i spy for nick and his wife. Nick also hopes this message will far outlast the crisis. Though, we cant be in the same room, were still in each others hearts. In San Francisco, nbc bay area news. Oh, i love that. It is 7 12. We have much morey of us feel hopeless right now, some are looking for ways to help. Well tell you about a group of volunteers seeing an influx during this crisis. If you enjoyed the weekend rain last weekend, it will be another cozy weekend. Im tracking rain, the timing, how much and also a winter storm warning for the sierra. Ill have the details coming you. Stay with us. We can still go out sort of. 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. While keeping safe and staying in, we can still go out sort of. On the mobile app, and with delivery. Welcome back. 7 15 on your saturday morning. A live look outside. Cloudy skies over fromont. We will be expecting showers today. Well be along with your microclimate forecast. As the demand for coronavirus testing continues to rise in california, there is now another drive through option for testing in the bay area. Fremont opened its new testing site yesterday. It is drive through only, and it is free. But like a similar testing site in hayward, only patients who show symptoms will be tested. It is important to the bay area because we know that our Health Care Providers are taxed and they havent been able to mobilize enough testing centers. So we figured that with hayward doing what they did and us being to parlay off of that, widening the net. There are still more than 59,000 californians waiting for their test results. And while most americans are doing their part shelters at home, many others are literally answering the call, and they include members of the National Guard. For the past two weeks alone, the 223rd military Intelligence Unit out of San Francisco has packed food boxes at the Second Harvest food bank in san jose. Since the pandemic hit the bay area, they say more people have enlisted in the National Guard for various reasons. Were able to constantly provide those benefits that a lot of people are losing out right now, right . Low cost health insurance, which is extremely important right now, stable pay. Theyre trying to find out, how can they serve in the california National Guard because they live here. The school now out of session, recruiters say they expect an influx of high school senio seniors. We should note it is a threeyear commitment. You must serve one weekend for month and two weeks during the summ summer. And of course we continue to do our part here, so she is working from her home weather station. I know we are expecting some rain. You are bringing the sunshine. I love seeing you in that yellow dress. Oh, thanks. I figured it was fitting. Were talking about how we love coffee. Im having my cup of coffee. You are having it back at the studio. Join us at home, get your coffee. You are going to like this forecast. It will be cozy, a little rainy, but okay. Right now in San Francisco 48 degrees. Check out satellite radar. You may be thinking i dont see any rain outside my window. Were talking oregon, even the sierra forecast right now lookin radar now will begin to trek south. Areas in San Francisco will start to get some scattered showers as well as pleasanpleas. Lets talk about your microclimate high for today. As the system rolls in, temperatures are going to drop. We will go from 60s earlier this week into some 50s. 56 degrees for san jose, 55 in oakland. We will keep that rain chance scattered through the evening hours. Hour by hour outlook. Right around 11 30, look at the timing. Santa rosa, we are talking about some pretty heavy pockets of rain. So as i push us a little bit forward, you can see sacramento is also expecting some rain, and they will continue to get scatteredn some of that rain. And then notice the pink and blue hues in the corner where the sierra forecast is. That is sierra knsnow. Dangerous travel. Check those travel conditions first before you head out the door. You do not want to get stuck in that. A winter storm warning is in effect. Taking this time line all the way through sunday, another system that drops down early sunday morning. Check out how the colors have gone to scattered to yellow and orange pockets and then 8 00. Tomorrows storm more intense, a chance of thunderstorms and hail. Because it is a cold storm, that will bring the chance of low elevation snow into sunday. Anywhere from a quarter to a half an inch, taking this time line all the way through 10 00, 11 00 a. M. You can see over an inch and a half. Thats three day rain totals for the euro models. Look at how beautiful. No worries if you didnt get a chance to go. Well get back there soon enough. A winter storm warning is enough. Gusty winds expected. And your seven day forecast, were keeping r at least through tuesday. And then things will begin to dry out and warm back up into thursday and friday. So all in all, we will have rainy conditions, but it will be good because it will cool our temperatures down just a little by. Again, share your picture of your cup of coffee that you are enjoying. Thanks so much. It is 7 20 right now. Still ahead on today in the bay, we all heard about the shortage of ventilators for covid19 patients. But we have learned about a shortage of a key drug at a local hospital next. Reeses eggs are back and we hid them somewhere youll never find. Sike we put them everywhere. Grocery stores and supermarkets, gas stations, and chiropractors offices, bowling alleys, and grocery stores, which we already mentioned. Not sorry, reeses. Loreals magic root cover up. Three seconds to flawless roots. 321 roots gone. Magic root cover up by loreal paris. Look for the turquoise one. Magic root cover up by loreal paris. Whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. S over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Of course you have heard a lot about the short alk of ventilators at hospitals, but our investigative report has learned there is also a shortage of a little known but critical type of drug needed to help the most severely ill patients. And San Francisco general is one of the hospitals running out. Reporter cisatrurium and rocuronium, they are a key tool to help their most critically ill patients. It is another shortage of condition. Reporter paralytic drugs restrict Muscle Movement to help those with acute respiratory disstress syndrome or ards efficiently use oxygen on ventilators. One nurses leader confirmed their supply is dwindling. Theyre not in an emergency at this moment today, but given the rate of admissions and need for ventilators increasing, they are expecting that they will also have an increased need for these paralytic drugs that go with people being on ventilators. All of these medicines, we need more than we ever needed before. Reporter aaron fox tracks drug shortages nationwide. She says the supply of the paralytic was running low before the covid outbreak along with basic sedatives. Just like people are talking about we need more masks. We need more ventilators, you cant make akor the patient unless you have the sedative agents you need. Reporter those drugs are essentially because they paralyze the muscles so patients need less oxygen to survive. And ards survideprives them of. It makescovid19 ards. It is already hard enough because these patients are very sick. Now we want to turn to something good. San jose First Responders yesterday were treated to free meals courtesy of lack holders restaurant. Officers and firefighters were invited to call into the restaurant and choose either meat loaf of pasta primavera for pickup. Were not real thing that we help these guys out and let them know the Community Cares and were thinking about them. Dan said he has received an outpouring of support of neighbors volunteering to help and that the more than 200 First Responders he served were grateful and appreciative yesterday. Our commitment to looking at the good things during this pandemic doesnt stop here. Tonight join us for an nbc bay area news special. We will bring you the best of the best. Be sure to watch coronavirus, our Community Responds. Thats tonight at 7 00. And we do have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, finally heading home, but not necessarily happy about it. The uncertainty and fear facing these cruise ship passengers, who finally landed back at sfo last night. Plus, shifting their focus. A bay area tech Company Working overtime to manufacture a key piece of equipment in the fight against coronavirus. Good saturday morning. It is april 4th. 7 28 as we take a live look outside over downtown san jose. Thanks so much for starting your weekend for us. We want to send it over to her home Weather Center to the microclimate Weather Forecast this morning. I decided im subbing it what you just said. Here it is. Your microclimate will be cooler. Radar right now. We do have plenty of activity. But mainly over the north bay. So this is where the majority of that storm system is passing through right now. If we take a look at the graphics, you can see on satellite radar, we have heavy pockets of rain coming through. Sacramento is expecting some rain out of this. But eventually the rest of the bay area will get to see some rain. Here are the main things we are tracking for this weekend. By tomorrow, we could be seeing heavier pockets of rain. So even though that rain returning today, we have an additional system coming into play tomorrow, greater accumulations for the Higher Elevations in the mountain areas. A chance of thunderstorm and hail. I will take you through the timing of all that. Well see you around 7 45, thanks. Federal Health Officials are now recommending everyone cover their mouth and nose with a face cover when leaving their house. The centers for Disease Control made that announcement yesterday one day after bay area counties rolled out similar guidance. At joanne fabrics in concord, the store is giving away patterns. This comes after some debate within the white house from the Coronavirus Task force. Ultimately they have come to the consensus it is best to be covered because there are more people they expected who are a symptomatic and can be contagious. This means that the virus can spread between people acting in close proximity. For example, coughing, speaking or sneez