Home in the east bay. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us tonight at 5 im Justine Waltman tonight we have learned that 6 residents have an east bay nursing facility have died from covid19 the gateway care and rehab center hayward well theyre at least 59 people have tested positive for the virus that breaks down to 24 staff and 35 residents of those residents 6 have died. There are more infections at another Alameda County facility, the east bay postacute center in Castro Valley says 17 staff and 9 residents have tested positive. But there are no deaths there at this point. Today governor gavin newsom gave more details on the states plan to bring in hundreds of millions of masks into california on a monthly basis. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains how this will happen. California set to spend about one billion to open up a massive flow of personal protective equipment into the state the governor confirming 200 Million Masks most of which are and 95 zuill come from several sources in vendors but will be shipped from china do so in a way that secant a secure um the anxiety that many of us have not just a the Health Care Workers in the state of california within the Hospital Systems in our Community Clinics and our Skilled Nursing facilities adult day care centers, but also our grocery workers are dmv the front line place the money paying for this comes from californias Disaster Assistance account. Hello. Yes director Mark Ghilarducci says counties with the highest concentrations of coronavirus will get equipment immediately and that doesnt mean that the rest of our counties in the state are not going to get pp. That means that as as as through the process of the national program. Through the leveraging of these pharmaceutical corporations hospitals that normally procure through those those particular entities will be able to get pp asked about reports of fema seizing equipment from other states state leaders say the federal government was part of californias new supply chain effort weve just simply had. A really outstanding relationship with fema. And we havent had those issues that said always cautious about what were reading and what were seeing. The state is also set to start using new fda approved technology that will sterilize and clean 80,000 used n 95 masks a day to make them reusable the director of cal oh yes says the machines are expected to be in california next week in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Here in california there are more than 18,000 cases of covid19 and nearly 500 people have died globally there are now more than 1. 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 88,000 reported deaths as the number of deaths rises so too does the number of recoveries more than 300,000 people have recovered from coronavirus. The president along with the White House Coronavirus task force provided the latest information on how the country is doing with this battle kron fours theresa has the very latest. This is a holy week when religious believers of course the nation will observe passover and good friday and easter. The president addressing this religious week for many residents and how they continue to try and rein in the virus. Were getting closer you see the numbers were getting much closer. Getting our country back to the way it was. We have now an extra 2 countries that have been attacked one 84. Theyre being attacked as we speak. But will all win. Of note this wednesday increasing concern in certain us cities such as houston, washington dc and philadelphia from becoming the new hot spots an area of particular concern we were briefed on this morning as the city of philadelphia. I spoke today too. Governor tom wolf. As we begin to see early a trend lines. In philadelphia. I assured him that we were going to continue to flow resources in support. That community, but. Our message to the people of the philadelphia area is now more than ever. The practice, the social distancing so that philadelphia. To some extent even pittsburgh. Do not have to endure. What other communities before them have had to endure and also this from the top Health Advisers to the president we always talk about honoring the fallen and i think for every american what we can do now to honor the fallen fallen. And given the really their deaths to this just horrible disease to the Health Care Workers that are then front lines trying to save every single one to honor them and to honor our elders and the individuals that we know are at the greatest risk. For bad outcomes. We all need to continue to do our work. Theresa kron 4 news. Were now getting a look at the data that reveals Racial Disparities and medical outcomes of covid19 patients in the African American community kron fours Haaziq Madyun talked with a medical Health Care Provider about Underlying Health conditions, the coronavirus and the black community. According to new statistics released by the centers for Disease Control a recent sampling of covid19 patients revealed that 33 are africanamericans however black people only make up 13 of the total Us Population and you 19 disproportionately affects black people because we come into the into contact with this disease sick, San Francisco native jayvon behind it is the ceo of the southwest, Louisiana Center for Health Services which was the first clinic in that area to test a positive covid19 patients over 60 of the clinics patients are black when we come into contact with the virus we are for tensions were congestive Heart Failure or diabetes covid19 affects the respiratory so were going to fight to 3 she says stress as another major factor in why black people exposed to the coronavirus are more likely to experience less successful medical outcomes stress lowers our immune system and and makes us that so 2 things happened at the same time now more data is coming in like africanamericans representing 76 of covid19 related deaths in the state of mississippi blacks in new york city making up 22 of the total population, but accounting for 28 of those who died from the disease is a real problem. And its showing up very strongly in our data. On the African American community mohamed finds a bright spot in these words coming from the u. S. Commander in chief, so it is a good thing that the president is talking about these disparities that we have a worse outcome, something didnt know i could ever played you dont get to deny the fact that African Americans are again this is just the preliminary data showing how the covid19 virus disproportionately impacts the black Community Health providers who serve as the African AmericanCommunity Say their fear is with the data is complete. It will reveal more of the same. Has it made you kron 4 news. The California Department of Public Health is now sharing the racial demographics of covid19 deaths so far they have revealed latinos represent 29 of deaths and 39 of the states population, while whites make up 43 of dust but compromise 60 37 of the population asians asked make up 16 of state asked but asians make up only 15 of the state population and africanamericans make up 3 of deaths and 6 of the states population. Tonight Health Officials in the bay area have confirmed there are more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus and here are the latest numbers will breaking down by county. Saint clair county still has the most cases a desk. 46 people losing their lives so far San Mateo County has 21 deaths, 10 people have died from covid19 in San Francisco. There have been 7 deaths and contra costa county, 16 deaths in Alameda County 10 in moran. And 2 deaths in napa and solano counties and theres been one death from coronavirus in sonoma county. The pandemic has many Small Business owners and their employees struggling to make ends meet and to make matters worse, theres a huge demand for Small Business loans and there is a lot of red tape kron fours rob fladeboe working from home with more on this for us tonight, hey rob. Thats justino this a newly passed federal Paycheck Protection Program is a supposed to help the struggling Small Business owners but as you said there is a huge demand for these loans. I spoke with the san jose contractor who is hoping to get one. Heres more. Like hundreds of other Small Businesses across the region, san joses plateau builders has shut down. Its 15 employees are out of work and running out of money fast says owner jacob round so he its really hard worse used to produce a and working in. Now we all the stress of making mortgages and rents brown tells me he approached his Longtime Bank wells fargo for a loan under the new federal Paycheck Protection Program. But wasnt even allowed to submit an application was no go wells fargo basically said. Were not sure when its going to get opened up, you know maybe later, but right now were not taking applications is participation in the ppe program has been limited because of sanctions imposed due to past rule breaking. But today the Federal Reserve temporarily lifted those restrictions in a statement wells fargo said it is looking forward to expanding relief to many more Small Businesses and nonprofits again jacob brown im a client wells fargo for 33 years had this business for many years. And im im just worried about the families that di employ them not able to play right now. And also for myself the Paycheck Protection Program is supposed to be a lifeline for plateau builders and other Small Businesses but the red tape has people like jacob round feeling like theyre being pushed to the back of the line just feel in secure. I just feel. Horrible. And you know these big institutions. I would would be there for us. I mean right now were going to try with different lenders just because of the process not because of being eligible not be being turned down is just not even getting chance to process a lot so i. And to give you an idea just how much these loans are in demand. So far some 220,000 of these loan applications have been processed. Reporting live rob fladeboe cross to kron 4 news. Figure out now tesla employees are being told to expect cuts in pay and furloughs this is according to an inhouse email that was sent out today. The company says workers will see a 10 dip in pay. Well those with director and Vice President type positions will see their salaries slashed by 20 to 30 . Those cuts are expected to go into effect on monday. The Company Hopes to have things return to normal sometime next month. Tesla has about 10,000 employees here in the bay area and coming up next on kron 4 news at 5 from spirits to sanitize or how a local distillery is doing its part to help hospitals when they need it the most and although covid19 is a death sentence for many one bay area woman survived her sickness at 5. 30 she shares her story of recovery kron 4 exclusive. And Santa Clara County has issued a new order to help gather information. I how much protective equipment is available for Health Care Workers up next what e do now wr change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. 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. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Santa clara county want to know who has large inventories of ventilators and personal protective equipment. The county issued a new order about this today requiring all in entities and individuals to report if they own any large quantities of either sanitizer or the personal protective equipment that you see listed on your screen right now they only want to hear from people who are caring this equipment in the hundreds or even thousands. All reporting will be done via an online survey, it is a onetime disclosure that will help the countys Public Health department understand what supplies are currently out there and also helped plan for a potential hospital search. Our Health Care Workers and First Responders have been battling this crisis for more than 2 months now. We owe them a debt of gratitude. We owe them the equipment needed. To work safely to protect us. This order is another opportunity for the business community. The public and the county to come together the new order comes as the county reports that the shelterinplace order has been successful in slowing the spread of covid19 providing additional time for Health Care Workers to prepare for surge in cases and People Living in San Francisco who are out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic could soon see more money coming their way kron 4 Sarah Stinson explains. The San Francisco board of supervisors unanimously passed a measure that will help over 200,000 workers who are affected by the coronavirus in any way this will give them 2 weeks of paid leave supervisor. Gordon mar says this emergency ordinance closes a major loophole in the federal paid leave by ensuring the citys large employers also provide paid leave to their employees 47 of private Sector Workers in the u. S. Are not covered by the federal law which exempts companies with over 500 employees. Now every San Francisco employee who works for one of these private employers will be covered by the new benefit, including furloughed and temp workers. Take a look at your screen. The emergency leave can be used if workers have to stay home to take care of a sick Family Member if their place of work has closed if they cant work for moly or if theyre a member of the vulnerakle population and if they tested positive for the coronavirus or showing symptoms similar to it as an emergency ordinance requires no further votes. It will be in effect as soon as it is approved by mayor london breed who has already indicated support for the measure. This is also happening in san jose where the board of supervisors also unanimously passed a similar measure for paid leave for those being affected by the coronavirus these types of workers it will have a paycheck to live by this will give them 2 weeks of paid leave. Reporting in San FranciscoSarah Stinson back to you. Time now to talk about our Storm Tracker forecast and working from home tonight as our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow with look at the weather for the rest of this week, a lawrence. Justine yeah, you know the clouds the fog and low clouds kind of role in him, but we may not be done with the rain in the bay area just yet as weve got that area of low pressure thats been through here bringing some heavy rain. Well yeah things have changed now, its moved all the way into Southern California you see a rolling around theyre bringing them, some heavy rain and some of the wraparound clouds still moving into the bay area as that wrap around cloud cover that could bring us a little more rain. Temperatures a southern staying very cool back to see the snow popping up over the mountain tops there how about that just side of i outside of la, i Gabriel Mountains and also parts of a Santa Barbara area looking at some rain and some snow on the mountain tops there the bay area stay dry right now and thats way its going to stay for some time. Although overnight tonight likely to see a return of some showers at least late tonight. That being said im not a bad day around the bay area today, mostly cloudy skies though for tonight with a chance of some showers a mix of clouds and sunshine for tomorrow so slight chance of a couple raindrops in this weekend should be mostly sunny for the easter weekend as were going to see a warm up to as High Pressure going to take over. Temperatur