The numbers. Officials say the positive case tally has also affected the tate showed more than 4500 new cases monday. The lowest in 6 weeks but again the numbers are in doubt. Just a day after Governor Newsom gave an optimistic update on the coronavirus numbers we are learning that the state may be undercounting cases serious technical problems affecting the counts. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala she joins us live from sacramento with the latest on what state leaders are doing ashley. Yeah, catherine that brighter outlook governor Gavin Newsome gave monday on californias data included a 21 drop in positive cases overall and a 6. 1 Positivity Rate but these numbers are now being questioned. State officials confirmed the electronic reporting system for Infectious Diseases also called cal ready has serious technical issues. Multiple counties and the state as of tuesday had notices up on their dashboards the statewide data dashboard alerted visitors these data represent an underreporting of actual positive cases in a single day over the last 2 days, california has reported its lowest singleday case count since early july health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli addressed the issue in a virtual briefing tuesday saying the glitch absolutely affects these numbers what someone working around the clock were not sure when we will have a oood thing you fix to the problem. Its unclear how long and to what extent this issue has been affecting the data about multiple counties began reporting the glitch just within the last couple of days we are in their lower come a lot of those to get the same information. And a manual to local health. Officials. Now the department of Public Health confirms this issue does not affect actual test results as well as hospitalizations and icu admissions data they say that system is tracked by a different system. Reporting live in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Thank you ashley, the Santa Clara County meantime has released a statement responding to the undercount saying in part we dont yet know the extent. Of the problem or when the state will be able to resolve it, but were in communication and have offered to provide whatever assistance it might need to rapidly resolve the problem and will continue to report the testing data we get and will make clear to the public which data reported on our is going to be affected the state confirmed that the data actually received is valid. But it is incomplete. The county went on to say that it believes that Positivity Rate some counts will change as more test results are reported. On the peninsula, anybody who refuses to wear a mask in San Mateo County is now subject to a fine the San Mateo County board of supervisors voted to adopt that ordinance today people individuals will be fined a 100 for the first violation. 200 for the second 500 i do it again within the same year that includes people not wearing a mask, Business Owners can be fined anywhere from 250 to 3,000 per violation depending on the severity of the health risk and any efforts to comply. Santa cruz county also passed a similar ordinance today. Contra costa marin and napa counties theyve already got similar policies as San Francisco is approaching 7,000 cases of the virus and 1000 of which happened in just the last 2 weeks there are some encouraging signs cases and hospitalizations are increasing at a slower rate than they were at the end of july kron fours dan kerman joins us live with details. Dan. Well we can tell you that Health Officials are saying that it is too early to declare victory basically like the governor was saying yesterday still too early. Theyve got to see if this trend continues, but they have seen a slight decrease in hospitalizations the slight decrease in the number of cases over a 7. 14 day period. Just have to see if thats going to continue, but they say it really all depends on San Francisco residents doing what they need to do. The covid19 Health Indicators in San Francisco are slightly improving over the last 2 weeks the number of new cases each day has dropped from an average of a 125 to 88, but during an online News ConferenceHealth Officials said thats still way too high and this is one of our key Health Indicators. And anything above 50 cases a new day continues to put us in the red zone. On high alert. And we have now been there for about the last 6 weeks covid19 hospitalizations have also dropped over the last week from a 199 to 2. But Health Officials remind that in june. The number of those hospitalized was about a quarter of that. Even as we see some. Of our numbers just some of our members improving slightly. We must stay vigilant. We will continue to pause are reopening. That is one likely reason for the slight slowdown in cases. City officials are also focusing on feeding an everincreasing number of people during the pandemic. With the increased number of residents out of work. The number of people struggling to afford enough nutritious food is also increasing. The citys Food Partners have already reported a surge in demand for food. Combined the various agencies throughout the city are providing the equivalent of a million meals per week. And now the city has announced it will extend its great plates Meal Delivery program for at risk seniors through september 9th. One other significant note from the Health Department and that has to do with testing their goal was to do about. 1800 tests today right now theyre averaging about 3100 tests today they say that is better in most jurisdictions across the country live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan, another inmate has died at does san quentin from coronavirus complications. And that is the 22nd inmate to die from the virus. The man died yesterday was at a hospital outside the prison. The inmates name has not been released. Currently there are 168 inmates in custody at the prison who have tested positive for the virus. And this comes as a new harvard study is suggesting jails can spread the virus to nearby communities researchers i looked at booking information in chicago and they found that shortterm cycling of prisoners through local jails could be putting cities at risk almost 16 of covid cases in chicago or linked to people who had been through the cook county jail, california of course has been releasing inmates to try to prevent overcrowding and the spread of the virus. The u. S. Leading the world in covid cases and deaths there have now been more than 4. 7 million confirmed cases more than 156,000 people have died. In an interview that aired on hbo last night President Trump said the pandemic is under control or as much as it can be controlled he also said of the death toll. It is what it is and so when i hear you say everythings under control door about wearing masks. I think these people many of them older people was have been trying. I think its under control and tell you how a 1000 americans have gone into a dying thats true and you have it is what it is, but that doesnt mean we are doing everything we can. Its under control as much as you can control it this is a horrible plague that the center. The president connected the high case count on the number of tests being done in america. He also claims some people are being tested too often although he didnt provide any evidence and why he thinks that new popup testing sites open today in Santa Clara County, one of them is that and San Antonio Elementary School gym. In san jose, another at the south county annex in gilroy they are open through the end of the week, youre looking at the available times on the screen anybody showing up for an appointment might get a wristband with a specific time they might have to come back there is a limited testing capacity, so you are advised to arrive early. Students in san jose they will begin the new school year learning at home but a lot of teachers will still be showing up in empty classrooms. Kron fours Charles Clifford explains. Here in the south bay Santa Clara County remains on the States Coronavirus watch list and that means that students will have to begin the school year coming up in a couple of weeks from home through Distance Learning the San Jose Unified School district has made the somewhat controversial decision to have its teachers report to classrooms even though the kids wont be ther as part of the San Jose Unified School districts plan for the Upcoming School year teachers will be required to be physically in their classrooms, even though their students or at home the district says the reasoning behind this is that teachers will have better resources like strong wi fi in tech support at the schools teachers will also be in a better position if distancelearning comes to an back then need to be able to anybody can in front of the classroom and when because ordered or because many teachers are upset with the decision to have them. Teach Distance Learning from school they point to the fact that the coronavirus pandemic is not over and that returning to schools could put them at risk of exposure. Many teachers expressed their frustration at a recent School Board Meeting i budget all the reasons for. Teaching 3 chances, and none of them seem to be enough to risk Staff Members and their family members the School District says teachers returning to work will need to follow social distancing requirements and that schools have enhanced their cleaning procedures. Teachers and staff who can make a compelling argument to work from home may be allowed to do so on a case by case basis in san jose Charles Clifford kron 4 news. My my decision to retire at end of the year i thats been on my mind ever for for for a while. Coming up San Jose Police chief eddie garcia says hes retiring at 5. 30 well tell kron 4 why he has chosen this year to be his last with the department and a huge explosion in the capital of lebanon killing dozens of people injuring thousands will have the latest on a possible cause and bay area restaurants still suffering greatly during the pandemic up next a want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Take a look at really a forecast on a beautiful day, but. A little bit cooler lets go to meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez yeah, very stubborn marine layer, katherine or most of our coastal cities in the bay area actually saw more clouds and sun. Still pretty socked in parts of downtown San Francisco seeing some rays of sun but overall that thick fog bank out there along the coast in tracking double digit cooling specially for the north bay and our inland valleys in the east bay widespread 60s and 70s out there right now near 30 degree difference between an chuck in the low 90s in Half Moon Bay at 59 degrees. So were all noticing that pull down to below average temperatures for most bay area cities and current wind speeds out there right now noticeably breezy and in fact its going to get gustier tomorrow with gusts upwards of 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour in addition to that thicker fog bank tracking some measurable drizzle starting tonight even through your wednesday morning and afternoon where we could actually get some measurable rain out of this especially for those of you at Half Moon Bay. Could see upwards of about a quarter of an inch of rain or less a 10th of an inch of rain or less for everyone else. So we are expecting the highest amount of drizzle mainly along our coast and also the highest peaks but overnight lows tonight mid 50s right along the coast upper 50s as you make your way inland and tomorrows daytime highs anywhere from about 5 to 15 degrees below average with our try valleys only warming up into the low to mid 70s, santa rosa in the low 80s in san jose, 70 degrees for your afternoon highs with widespread mid 60s right throughout the east bay shoreline and Half Moon Bay and downtown San Francisco barely in the 60s tomorrow, so lets take a look ahead at the next 7 day outlook and you can see wednesday is going to be the coolest day of the next 7 days and then were gradually going to warm up to near average by around this weekend. And then by early this weekend we could actually warm up into the low 90s to warm inland temperatures but thanks to that fog bank were going to remain in the 60s along the coast 70s throughout the east bay shoreline and then by monday thats when its going to be our transitional day where we cool down to near average highs a week from today, catherine back to you thank you members saw. A new grant is being offered to help chinatown Restaurant Owner set up for Outdoor Dining that hasnt always been easy either. Kron fours Maureen Kelly says theres hope that an area struggling because of the pandemic will get new life. Chinatown is now a ghost town many shops and restaurants have their gates down as tourism has dried up Community Leaders also blame unreasonable xenophobia towards the Chinese Community in light of the pandemic. Keeping patrons a way that has many of the over 200 restaurants in this area barely holding on many reports a revenue loss of 70 . And the possibility of closing permanently. A recent survey of restaurants found as many as a 3rd were not sure if they can survive another 6 months. Well, the city is established the shared Spaces Program that allows tables to be set up in the parking lane very few restaurants in chinatown of taking advantage of that now the Chinese Chamber of commerce and the Chinatown Community development corporation. Setting aside 25,000 to help encourage more outside dining here. Restaurants can apply for a onetime grant of 500 to help set up outdoor eating areas will also get 4 barricades to separate their outdoor areas from traffic but disappearance in this poll question. Must comply with the most current the public a Public Health. Port of call. Such a mass washing hands sanitizing including finding areas and be aware of social distancing the idea being once more restaurants put tables outside more customers will come out to eat. Which will hopefully encourage more merchants to reopen and rehired theyre laid off workers these grants are only open to dining establishments located here in chinatown its first come first serve the deadline to get applications into the Chinese Chamber of commerce is august 14th. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. The Paycheck Protection Program it has helped keep a lot of restaurants afloat during the pandemic but the money basically has some cases long gone and many businesses are no better off than they were at the start of the crisis were joined now by Laurie Thomas lauria is executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association representing about 800 local businesses lauren what are you hearing from those businesses. I think its its a struggle for as you can tell not everybodys been able to get outside dining up up and going in even if you do have outside. I mean youre lucky to maybe do 3035 of what you were doing before so its very important we get some more federal funding as soon as possible. Youre right that the Outdoor Dining pickup delivery that only goes so far other other things that should be explored that might help. Again i really think that this point and i speak both are representing all of our in this area as well as a small Restaurant Owner, my cells. I think that the only thing thats going to allow us to stay through this and come out of their sight is some more significant federal funding in the forms of ideally the restaurant at relief that the independent Restaurant Coalition weve been lobbying for and were any additional funding that we can get along the lines of the ppp on but we really need something to come out we needed to come out for this recess happens in d c. Lori one estimate is that