For the love oh. Watching kron 4 news. People wanted to wear them. They can the people wanted to use cards which they have many people have them. They can in many cases the scarf is better. And now a 9 President Trump announcing his administration will soon release nationwide recommendations about wearing face masks. This reversal is coming after federal Health Officials first told us masks were not necessary if you felt healthy, thanks for joining us tonight at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus Vicki Liviakis scientists are also reporting. The new coronavirus sec could possibly be spread not just by sneezing and coughing, but also just by talking and even breathing. And Health Officials in San Francisco, san mateo contra costa. And the only many counties now recommend wearing something to cover your face. Whenever you leave the house for essential travel. So lets go and take a look now at the number of confirmed coronavirus cases here in the bay area. So far there are 2,800 confirmed cases of covid19 tonight. Santa clara county has 1019 cases with 36 deaths, San Mateo County has 453 10 deaths, San Francisco county 450 with 7 deaths. Contra costa county has 250 cases and 3 deaths Alameda County with 3 96 9 deaths. Cameron county with 108 cases and 6 deaths Solano County 54 cases one death reported today, 91 cases in Sonoma County one person has died there 18 in napa county, where one person died. Among San Franciscos new reported cases of coronavirus a homeless shelter sees its very first case. The city announced today the person was staying at the Navigation Center but has since been moved to isolation and now a handful of San Francisco supervisors are calling on the mayor to do more to help the citys Homeless Population. Kron fours dan thorn reports. 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 the city for not getting all of San Franciscos homeless in the hotel as San Francisco records its first coronavirus case in a homeless shelter city Officials Say the person was staying at the Division CircleNavigation Center when they tested positive for covid19 the announcement raising concerns for San Francisco the supervisor Hillary Ronen and other city leaders called on the mayor to have every resident and staff member at the Navigation Center tested supervisors, matt haney shame on walton an errant pass can join drone in in saying the citys response has been weak and that San Franciscos Homeless Population should have been moved out of all shelters, weeks ago. Homeless advocates say they too are disappointed by the citys response they say social distancing is nearly impossible in congregate living situations like Navigation Centers. Thats why they want people off of the streets out of the shelters and into hotels. Supervisors plan to introduce an emergency ordinance requiring the city to use 1000 rooms to relocate people who are currently in shelters. This ordinance would also require the city to lease an additional 14,000 rooms by april 28 when the coronavirus is expected to peak. Reporting in San Francisco. Dan thorn kron 4 news has covered 19 cases rise one ucsf doctor reports that theres been a slow surge in City Hospitals that doctor. Credits the shelterinplace orders issued early on our first gayle ong joins us now live with the details scale. The king Ucsf Medical Center has seen their patients dropped a about 15 to 16 in the last week thats how many they have had and they are also seeing that bayarea hospitals are also seeing relatively low numbers and that is thanks to people sheltering in place well before other parts of the country. The orders are heated empty streets in San Francisco crossing market street. We found few people appearing to be essential workers and no traffic an example of why Health Experts say the city is showing signs of flattening the curve to slow down the coronavirus we spoke with doctor Robert Wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine people, San Francisco listen i think they they understood the science and they said this is the right thing to do obviously causes hardships. Doctor wachter says even know the number of cases continues to rise, theres been a slow search and City Hospitals at ucsf so we have had and her 16 patients with covid. For now about the last week and there many of them are quite sick so its its its not a its not trivial. Its certainly better and fewer patients than we had been gearing ourselves up for its been more than 2 weeks in San Francisco issued shelterinplace orders medical experts say the peak of covid19 cases has yet to come. But its crucial for people to continue to stay home and keep their distance to prevent spreading the virus and overwhelming hospitals this university of washington model shows demand for hospital resources will peak end of april and california. The hope is that everyone will continue to follow orders and doctor walkers analogy of the crisis. Is quote the wildfires out, but we need to find and douse embers before they flare in the embers being coven 19 patients who could easily spread the virus down the road. Were live here at home a gal on kron 4 worldwide coronavirus cases have topped 1 million with more than 53,000 people having died in the u. S. We have more than 245,000 cases nearly 6,000 deaths in america and here in california more than 11,000 cases. 242 people have died. Some experts are now saying the coronavirus can spread by more than just the sneezing and coughing scientists telling the white house last night the new Research Shows coronavirus can also the spread simply by talking or possibly even breathing certainly singing. Officials say results of available studies are not consistent russell is a ship of the virus from normal breathing just little particles in the air doctor anthony found she of the white house. Coronavirus task force also said earlier this week that. He is considering recommending the use of masks in the u. S. To all americans to prevent the spread of covid19 very officials are now recommending people wear masks to help cover their face in their mouth when leaving home, especially at the Grocery Store when its impossible to really practice the ideal physical distancing. And they certainly dont want people to run out and buy medical grade masks surgical or and 95 they want to shore make sure that the Health Care Workers have enough of those kron fours dan kerman is on the story for us. Theres a new recommendation about covering up your face when you leave the house. Contra costa Health Officials have posted this to social media. Another Bay Area Health officers, including those in alameda, San Francisco in San Mateo County. Recommending residents cover their nose and mouth with cloth when leaving home for essential travel such as doctors appointments, Grocery Shopping and pharmacy visits. Health officials do not recommend that the public use medical mass and 95 or surgical masks which are in limited supply and instead suggest bandanas or fabric masks masks are not. A substitute for physical distancing thats Crystal Clear its incredibly Important Message at his daily News Conference the governor emphasized covering your face is an additive not a replacement for social distancing washing your hands or staying home if you are ill. If you are going into an environment where physical distance seen as all but impossible for example into a grocery with small isles in a long that we do it would be additive and beneficial to have a face covering. The governor says the state is not mandating the use of facial coverings for the public because as far as the state is concerned First Responders and healthcare workers should be first in line to get those facial covering specifically and 95 masks and surgical masks and again medical experts have indicated wearing a mask does not prevent you from getting covid19 all it does is prevent you from possibly giving it to someone else should you not realize you have it and are showing no symptoms. In San Francisco dan kerman kron 4 news. And with those new recommendations out their masks will be even harder to come by in to save those critical masks for the medical workers that dan was talking about a lot of people have already started making their own at home kron fours Taylor Bisacky spoke to a woman in San Francisco whos been doing just that. Within the last 2 weeks gen stats kurz already made 200 masks for doctors and nurses across the bay area this is a scary you know i can do now shes teaching others using simple items that are already inside your home. All youll need is a needle and thread. A tshirt for the ties and something for for only 100 cotton like this pillow case this will be used for the portion of the mask that covers your face. To get started jen walks us through step by step so you take 2 pieces fabric and the 2 of them and theyre kind of 8 inches by 9 inches. And the 9 inches is going to go horizontally and thats going to be a part that covers your face a long way next to fold a tshirt in half and cut wanted strips along the bottom and got some cut here. You just go to make a chord so its a little bit longer. And so the strips youre going to need for and between 1518 inches each then place in penn one tied to each corner of your mascara got one in each corner, you want them to hang out the bottom. Youre going to want to leave when you start selling a to age gap. So you can pull the fabric through and so then you will just play on your machine or to sign it by hand just so that quarter of an inch from the with the streets to and this is where we have the and this is what she looked think roughly we take your hands out curry made your clothes were going to pull your mouse is. Why we left the opening and then you should have the right side facing out next to make 3 even cleats in your mask finally soy streets ditch around the border of the mask 2 times you can see that here. Is printed on. And then you take the time is while law then youre finished mike jenna many others are turning to creative alternatives to help with the mask shortage. Weve included jens instructions for this mask and one with a filter on our website in San FranciscoTaylor Bisacky kron 4 news. Information right now our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look outside at San Franciscos embarcadero all lit up. And to be a beautiful night Beautiful Day across the bay our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is of reeses been drive but thats about to change. Yeah, its really going to change in a big way grant vicki this weekend because im tracking not one but 2 storms that will impact the bay area so dry cool weather for now and we are noticing not a cloud in the sky by current wind speeds out there right now getting that cool sea breeze influence making temperatures feel colder, especially for downtown San Francisco seeing sustained winds at 23 Miles Per Hour but for those of you in palo alto you were noticing some pretty gusty offshore winds that actually help warmer temperatures up into the low 60 just a few minutes ago, but now youre starting to see the return of that cool sea breeze and youre now in the midfifties with widespread 50s for most of the bay area but fremont and even chillier in the upper 40s but were all going to be in the 40s for overnight lows with widespread mid to upper 30s for most of our interior valleys in the east bay and even north into the north bay like santa rosa and napa more patchy frost could be possible tonight but tomorrows daytime highs, a degree or 2 cooler than tomorrow so were going to be at or slightly below normal with widespread low to mid 60s and i do have 2 storms that im tracking the first one will impact the north bay future cast is going to show light scattered showers saturday morning could see about a half an inch of rain or less with everyone else in the bay area getting scattered showers about a 3rd of an inch of rain or less and as that storm exits the bay area we are going to notice a second stronger colder storm that is set to arrive early sunday morning where we are going to notice the threat of possible popup thunderstorms gusty hail and also wind speeds as well so it is going to pack a punch very winter like storm sticking through monday. And we are going to get anywhere from half an inch to an inch of rain with this storm and then drying out clearing out and warming up by tuesday of next week back to you grant vicki. Thank a priest. Is the first bay area county to top 1000 cases of coronavirus and now theyre trying to prepare for a surge in hospitalizations so far despite the fact that the county has the most cases in the bay area at they do have enough beds to go around thats good kron fours rob fladeboe explains what is being that now to. Try to keep it that way. We want you to know that search bedside the additional beds that are not normally used in the hospital system. Deputies Santa Clara County executive david campos on thursday said the county currently has about 200 called the 19 patients hospitalized county wide. As the number of people testing positive continues to rise hospitals have been planning for a possible surge in demand for socalled surge beds, they do not know if or when that surge might occur, but for now there is no shortage of beds or ventilators says campos as of march 31st. There were 936 available acute hospital beds in the county. There were 92. I see you beds. 1456 search beds and 392 ventilators that work where available in the county the shot of Clara Convention Center has been converted into a temporary surge center with 250 beds available. In addition to adding badge the county is working to secure enough personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves and adding staff says Surge Capacity chief doctor jennifer tong, each hospital is working on plans how they can creatively restructure care teams to of volunteers from the community. Theyre also working on ways to expedite hiring practices to bring in new staff to their care teams. The county says as of april first 8,246 residents have been tested for covid19 with 956 testing positive not quite 12 . Testing in Hospital Capacity information is now being posted and updated regularly online via a new public dashboard doctor tong says the numbers show a Close Association between social distancing and the measurement of capacity across the hospital system. Rob fladeboe kron 4 news. The city of fremont will open a free drivethru coronavirus test site tomorrow its going to be located at the fremont fire Tactical Training center. The address the 7200 stevenson boulevard the site will be open from 10 am until 05 00pm or intolerance out of test everyone who wants to get tested. Well go through a 2 step screening process first to you have to have a fever over 100 degrees and show covid19 symptoms such as shortness of breath. Tonight the dmv is giving drivers 70 and older a 120 day extension to renew drivers licenses that expired from march first 2 may 31st of this year eligible drivers will receive a paper license extension in the mail beginning in the next 2 weeks with an Expiration Date of a 120 days the dmv offices have been shut down since last friday but Online Services and kiosks are still available. And like california is hoping to keep the number of coronavirus cases down of course, its also trying to trying to keep the economy up and running. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the newest efforts from the governors office. With many businesses closed in california is out of work. Governor Gavin Newsome thursday urged Small Businesses to take action f california is now offering Small Business loans up to 50,000 with n