Continue to do our partat kron 4 with social distancing here in the studio and of course heth officials want us all to do worldwide there are about 596,000 cases and more than 27,000 deaths. In the United States alone there was a surge of more than 21,000 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. This came after the us became the country with the highest number of cases tonight. There are more than a 104,000 cases while 1700 people have died. In california. There are more than 4700 k a coronavirus cases and 94 people have died. The Us Navy Ship Mercy with is 100 hospital beds arrived in Southern California today and a somber warning from los angeles today as the city of angels prepares for what is expected to be a significant surge cases of covid 19our kate ronan has the latest on developments there. With 257 new confirmed cases in los angeles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater pected surge in the coming days, yesterdays would of course have a 50 doubling rate of less than 2 days. By that measure we would be where new york city is in number of cases per capita in Los Angeles County 6 days from now la is actively seeking more medical aff and garre said he said the city may even recruit medical students to assist. Meanwhile the Us Navy Hospital ship mercy arrived at the port of los angeles today. It will immediately increase available beds by a 3rd and by 2 thirds wants a full capacity every bad not taken in los angeles. By the great work of the men and women he will mean one more bad for the surge that the governor spoke about. Governor Gavin Newsome lauded adjustments made throughout the Hospital System to meetthe high demand for beds and protective equipment were not only surging our overall capacity in the state to meet the need going forward, but weve been able to reduce the current consensus within the Hospital System also in preparation to meet this moment. Another la announcement day was an order to close county beaches a hiking trails with county and city pastill remaining open the order is good through april 19th from San Francisco, cape bruny kron 4 news. And order banning all evictions for 2 months is now in effect statewide says the covid 19 outbreak started the mayors of several bay area cities have issued similar orders but today the governor signed an executive order which afects the entire state it prohibits landlords Law Enforcement and the courts from enforcing the fiction notices until may 31th the ordetakes effect for rents which are due april first it only applies to tenant who are not already behind on their rent payments. This week 5 of the natios largest banks and many Credit Unions agreed to defer mortgage payments for people affected by the virus. President trump has signed them are just emergency aid package in us history. 2 trillion to help American WorkersSmall Businesses and industries struggling with the economic disruption cased by this pandemic a White House Task force held another briefing this afternoon to bring t nation up to date on what it is doing about coronavirus kron fours theresa reports. Americas bravely battling this pandem. Through cutting edge science medical innovation and rational deliberate and determined vigilance no effort will be spared in winning this war we can win the war hopefully well win soon and with as few. Lives as possible last President Donald Trump calling the fight against e coronavirus brutal on friday addressing what the federal government is doing now to fight the coronavirus and its increasing spread in the country. Its very important that we. Get to the bottom line and quickly we will do what we have to do and immediately exercise all available local authorities to get the job done. The president also talking about getting companies to help bill necessarsupplies by invoking the defense production act. This afternoon i also signed an executive order investing. And very very strongly investing the department of health and Human Services and the dertment of Homeland Security with the full. Authorities available on to thdefense production t. Also mention schools, the secretary of education betsy plumbing teachers in this country as a lean into distance learning. Adding in student Loan Interest also being put on hold to delay these tests r a year fast and painless as of today 47 ates have requested the delay or the waiver and 46 have been approved within a 24 hour period. And lastly doctor faa kai talking about where we stand as a country fighting the coronavirus something thats on precedent this is something. That we have never seen before at least in our generation. They sing something maybe like this back. A 100 years ago. And we really being challenged. Theresa kron 4 news. Key elements of the stimulus bill includes sending checks directly to individuals and families a major expansion of Unemployment Benefits and money for hard hit hospitals and health care providers. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says americans could receive funds in 3 weeks through direct deposit or by check. You can find a full breakdown of the packagthat explains how much money you might expect to receive on our website kron 4 dot com. Stoploss considerable gains and ground today but not eugh to rule on several days of big gains todays selloff only put a mile damper on the dows best week since 1938. The s and p and nasdaq saw their st week since the year 2009 that is due to massive ralls that shot values up during sessions on tuesday wednesday and thursday, even though the dow lost 4. 1 on friday today. It did finished the week up 12. 8 all indices though are still down sharply from before the coronavirus pandemic started it. Becomes the 7th bay area county with a coronavirus related death. The local Health Department reported a man in his 70s passed away after being in the hospital for nearly 3 weeks, was the first reported call that 19 case in marine county in a resident ere he was exposed to the virus as a passenger on that grand princess cruise ship which returned to San Francisco on february 21thplumber in county announced its first related death today, Santa Clara County has now seen its 20 us. There have been 574 confirmed cases there San Mateo County has 239 cases and San Francisco county reports 279 cases and 3 deaths Contra Costa County has a 151 cases and one death Alameda County has 204 cases and ford s theyve also been 69 coronavirus cases in marin county 34 in Solano Sonoma county has 51 death in napa county has 9 cases and San Francisco is taking additional steps to try and slow the spread of the virus with t weekend arriving Police Bill Scott says that means people wil see officers out in the shelter at home order force nd carmen reports on what police will be doing and the changes that residen can expect to see. Parking lots at San Franciscos ocean beach in the rina green in crissy field east beach are closed Outdoor Fitness sites are also off limits and so are neighborhood playgrods it San Franciscos latest move to ave off bad behavior this weekend in other words an attempt to keep social distancing going in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus i want to be clear that it will save lives. If we continue to practice socialdistancing every single d as we are. At during this stay at home order. We will get toa better place. And the police chief says his officers will be around patrolling to make sure people are staying apart think of your grandfather think of your grandmother think of your sick child think of the other people who you may be putting your wrists by not adhering to is. Public health order city officials also announced next week they will open mosconi west as a homeless shelter so existing shelters can be thinned out to allow for social distancing. Theyve also secured 300 hotel room and hope to increase that to3,000 next week for those currently living sorrows and those who are living on the street on the medical front several staffers and at least one patient at laguna honda hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus can sad to say this. That we do expect an outbreak. Our plan for the outbreak. Includes testing affected staff and residents which is already under wa as far as testing is concerned the city still not doing as much as it would like. But city Officials Say beginning next week the public Health Department plans to triple the ount of daily testing its tune. Well so we more drivethru testing in the city and starting next week First Responders and Health Care Professionals will be prioritized for testing. In San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. In the south bay, the senator a convict county Convention Center is about to look a lot different right now its being converted into a hospital to care for people who are sick with coronavirus kron fours justine waltman live for us in the newsroom with a look inside justine. Well ken in the bay area Santa Clara County has been hit the hardest by this vicious coronavirus the county is now preparing for a surge of covid 19 patients. Us are being set up inside of the Santa Clara County coention center. Members of the California Air national guard, 146 airlift wing put together the beds and medical supplies. All of this done to transition the site off Great American parkway into a hospital this place will treat less severe coping 19 patients would not ventilated patients here. A set of medical supplies that come along with this federal medical station and it does include things like babies in the event that a patient needs that. We would not expect to most patients here to meet that level of security. The space cannot go home and need a safe place to isolate and recover. People can stay for 2 to 3 weeks. The state is providing the staffing of volunteer doctors nurses and paramedics the temporary federal medical station made to help ease the strain on Health Care Facilities before a search of really sick coronavirus patients to sense to me the most is to have to individuals here. And who are already infected and therefore dont have to be social distance from each other it would still capacity of our hospitals. So is needed this site should be ready by monday live in the newsroom. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. What is that well coming up on kron 4 news at 8 people valley are starting a new ritual during the stay at home order at 8 oclock. They start howling at the moon youre going hear for yourself coming up. Also rapid coronavirus results. What the fda has done tonight about a test that can produce an answer in minutes and after the break an antioch attorney has ne above and beyond during this pandemic a safe and ned her office into vo i know what youre thinking. Electric, it doesnt have enough range. It cant handle the elements. And, there is nowhere tocha. Well, think again. My money should work as hard as i do. Thas why i use my freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. Got them its go time. groaning with freedom unlimited, youre always earning. I shouldve purchased lighter ights first time. And hes been a Business Owner hatransformed her office and to a Donation Center laundry detergent pasta sauce diapers and more now cover her office floor generous donations from members of the community by helping others to get through this difficult time kron fours michelle kingston reports i so were to 3 o. About for so this is the office of lori and owensn attorney in antioch she saw a need in the community and open the doors o her business to help having that shut down i havent been ing the office. So i saw people trying to get together to meet in the shoes and later isis that off people talk to the stock here i stand by everything nobody here on a secure facility. Place to store all the donations cleing her shoes before she steps inshe also stays behind this blue tape mine on the ground surrounding the sanitized donations says she packs backs for those in need diapers baby perishable suits. On festivals huge pasta sauces towels daughter once bags are packed families who requested donations pick them up curbside are lori delivers them to their house shes also doing pharmacy pickups for anyone who doesnt feel safe going out at this time we have our we are to see what our parish has they cant be running out of the shoe store change seeing her neighbor step up to help as made her emotional i tryto actually i saw i was like. Love gratitude that love and gratitude is what is keeping her going during this stressful time was hard and it kes me feel the technology is the same that power some rapid flu tests looking for genes that are present in the virus. Last week the fda approved another rapid test that provides result in about 45 minutes no word just yet on how to get one of the new tests right now it can take several days though to get test results from most Coronavirus Lab tests getting prepared for a possible surge in coronavirus cases is top of mind for many federal state and local officials. One major concern a shortage of protective gear for frontline medical workers kron fours Maureen Kelly got a status report on the supply stockpile from the person in charge of emergency medicine in Alameda County. A severe shortageof equipment ch as masks face shields and downs thats what doctor John Schwartz berg Professor Emeritus with u c berkeley schooof Public Health says is whats happening at many bay area hospitals with n 95 masks in particular bin reserved for the highest risk situations. Meanwhile, Jim Morrissey the tactical medical ogram director of Alameda Countys ems says theyve se some recent success in procuring those coveted n 95 masks. He says theyve handed out well over 300,000 so far during this crisis. And recently not another 700,000ow stored in an undisclosed location rdy to be distributed as needed another million plus have been ordered and are in the pipeline along with a half million surgical masks also in the pipeline, a request to the state for items that have been harder tocome by of late with the National Surge in demand goggles face shields thermometers gloves and gowns they are in better shape of s late in terms of space in their local hospitals with 421 currently empty and available hospital ds, 86 isolation beds and 39 beds in i c u they also have a 14ventilators ready to go for incoming patients up 44 from thursday, the m s supervisor believes the effort to keep the streets clear by residents sheltering in place which is helping create the current extra room in local hospitals in Alameda County. The ambulance transporrate is down 30 from normal says theyre responding to fewer things su as car crashes and industrial accidents with more people staying at home and ou of harms way. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. For more on the Health Crisis you can visit our website kron 4 dot com just go to the coronavirus tab under news there youll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area and interactive map tracking cases all arounthe world information on the essential services opened during the shelter in place and ways to stay safe. All of this and much mo at kron 4 dot com. Time for a first check of the weather this hour with the 4 zone forecast as we take a laying a live look outside at the embarcadero in the city yeah joining us remotely our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow were missing you back here in the studio lawrence. The edge is not the same right to understand why we have to do a certainly is hanging out with you guys get a chance to see a person buch that happens you know what a great time thats going to be a get ready for the weekend we are seeing some changes coming our way to clouds beginning to feel our skies you can see those outside right now as the clouds moving in yeah were going to see the rain moving in not too far along from years back will see some pretty dent rain throughout the weekend. I think the full coverage coming as we head into sunday, but right now most of rain is staying just off the coastline you can see a well to the north and near eureka see that massive clouds off the coast that is going to brg with it that rain into our skies little bit later on for tonight and tomorrow so things are going to get a little bit wet from time to time you see the showers popping up as we head through the day tomorrow, the showers going to be on and off but i think picking up especially toward the middle of the day tomorrow that is all that moisre really comes on shore more snow in the