Covid, as we deal with Climate Change as we deal with a number of other challenges we need to keep in mind that the need to wear your mask to socially distance and to even be just reminding ourselves and being a little more diligent throughout this process is necessary. Because we are also focusing on making sure that as we as we reopen we dont turn back the clock. You all know what happened a few months ago when one day, i announced we were going to be opening a number of places and today, some of those places are open, and some of those places are not open. But we do have some good news hair salons and nail salons and other places from my perspective that cannot open outdoors are able to operate indoors. I know those businesses are going to be working hard to stay open. Theyre going to follow the guidelines and we need your cooperation too in not only supporting the businesses and following the guidelines in those businesses but following the guidelines outside of your every day everyday life. We know this is necessary so we dont turn the clock backwards. We know there are a number of places able to operate, including salon and massage locations and nail and barber shopped. Weve expanded the capacity of churches outdoors. We know this is not enough. We want to do more, and everything is contingent on where we are with the numbers. Yesterday, there was just a slight glimmer when we opened the learning hubs. Kids were available to come together in their variety of cohorts, and they were able to learn their lessons with people that could help them. We are hopeful if we get to a better number we will be able to open up. What weve been able to do as a city is provide Financial Resources early on. We know at the end of this month, the Eviction Moratorium on commercial evictions will expire and the way that we are able to help that depends on how we do in the future. As i said, we are doing everything we can to work with the Governors Office to make sure that we can extend that just to give Small Businesses a little bit of assurance. We know that before this pandemic Small Businesses were suffering, and we have a number of initiatives that were putting forward to try to provide some financial relief. We have seen so many businesses across this state that are shutting their doors for good, and weve heard from so many other other businesses that have already shut their doors. I know people are pretty much tired of what were living in as it relates to covid. Im tired of talking about it im tired of living it things that youre going through because i want to live my life. I want to get back to the normal. But we want to protect our children and the elderly. We want to protect them, and we dont want to roll back the clock. If i know anything about this city we can sacrifice this time to get to a better future. We can sacrifice this time so that kids and grandparents are able it. Weve got through challenging times before and we will get through this challenging time once again and we will look back and think wow if we can get through that, we can get through anything and it also will make us a stronger, more resilient city. This time is really testing our ability, its testing our resolve. And if i know anything about the people of San Francisco, i know this i know that we are strong i know that we are fearless. I know that when things happen in San Francisco, the rest of the country follows. And so and so the work that we have done here in reducing the number of deaths and being the first out of the gate to say that were going to shutdown, and being leaders around Greenhouse Gas emissions and combatting Climate Change head on the work weve done around Eviction Moratoriums you name it we have been the leaders and others have followed. And so we will get through this. It is going to require a lot out of each and every one of us and so i ask you to continue to do your part, and to remember what you do impacts me and what i do impacts you. Thank you for all that you do to keep this city going. Its a challenging time. Its time to uplift one another, its time to put some energy in the air. Enough with the complaints, enough with the negativity, enough with the divisiveness. Enough with that. We have an opportunity to do in the first of the pandemic, when notes were given to neighbors what can i do for you . We have an opportunity to do for one another and put positivity in the air. Were not going to get through this on our own, were going to get through this together, and im counting on each and every one of us. Thank you all so much and at this time, i want to welcome the director of Public Health dr. Grant colfax. Good morning. Im dr. Grant colfax, director of Public Health. And thank you, mayor breed for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. This week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. I want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. Thank you so much for helping make our Community Safer during these past months. As you reopen thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. We are indeed in this for the long haul. Whether we think of this as a marathon or a longerinning game our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. For us to continue reopening in San Francisco, to carefully add limited Indoor Services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. And we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. We know more about the data the science the facts including the risk and preventative measures we can and must take to continue to slow the spread of the virus. It is why San Franciscos approach has been to open incrementally so that we can manage the reed of covid19 as much as possible and sustain the progress that we have made. As we continue to reopen schools and indoor businesses it is important that we continue to track the virus. We do that by tracking the local covid19 data. The five key health indicators, which i encourage everyone to follow online, at datasf. Gov track data keeping the numbers stable and managing risk of infection. I look the health department, many of us across the city because i hear from you, look at this data closely on a daily basis. It helps drive our decisions on reopening San Francisco so lets take a few minutes to look at some of these data with regard to where we are today. Weve had 10,430 san franciscans diagnosed with covid19, and satly, 91 of them sadly 91 of them from died. My thoughts are with their loved ones their friends, and their community. We also know that 51 of people with positive cases have identified as latino. But lets look at some graphics. Here is the number of lets go back to that first slide, please. This is the number of covid19 cases diagnosed in our city at this time. Our case growth remains stubbornly in the red zone at about 61 new cases a day. This number has been slowly trending downward for the past few weeks, but we must remain vigilant and i must say with labor day and the crowds, we must continue to mask, to socially distance to avoid Mass Gatherings whenever possible. We know from the data that this virus is responsive to our prevention measures. If we are careful and thoughtful if we get to that 80 masking prevalence, if we keep 6 feet apart if we avoid large gatherings the virus slows down, and if we dont do those things the virus speeds up. Its really that simple at this point. Lets go to slide 2. This is the history of hospitalizations of covid19 patients across our hospitals in the city. Again, these data are available to review on our data tracker but you can see that our happenings are hospitalizations are starting to rise again on that far left of the slide. We have had a 29 increase recent increase in covid19 patients in San Francisco hospitals recently. We do have sufficient Hospital Capacity for them now and this is one of the key indicators that we monitor very closely. I also want to take a moment to emphasize the pattern that we see on this slide since the beginning of the slide. San francisco we didnt just flatten the curve we crushed the curve, seeing cases go down to a low of 26 in june. We saw an increase, that surge that we talked about starting in late june early july peaking at 111 hospitalizations. That numbers started to go down again. We went down to 51, and we are starting to see an increase again. But we can do this again. We did it twice, we can do it again. Lets flatten and crush that curve for the fall. Next slide. With regard to testing, we are now testing an average of more than 3400 people a day for covid19. 3400 people a day in San Francisco are getting tested for covid19. Thats nearly twice our goal. We are following the virus and targeting our testing where the virus is most common in the city. We are focusing on vulnerable populations and people who are exposed to the virus and people within those systems. And within our testing system, i am pleased to say that our turnaround time for test results is down to less than 1. 5 days. Our other covid19 indicators and case investigation, Contact Tracing, the personal protective equipment or p. P. E. Remains steady. It is still our goal to reach 90 of people who test positive for covid19 and 90 of their close contacts. Recently, its been closer to 82 , but we continue to make progress towards that ultimate goal. We have 100 of the personal protective equipment we need to protect Health Care Workers and First Responders in addressing covid19 and because of 51 of all covid cases are within the latino community, we are working to continue to bring resources, particularly testing, contact testing, eye owe lation and quarantine, and other isolation and quarantine and other Wraparound Services to those communities. We have low exact testing sites set up in those neighborhoods, including the mission bayview and will continue to bring more testing sites to the southeast areas of the city and we have increases our Contact Tracing to include spanish speakers and nearly 50 of our hospitalization beds are occupied by people who identify as latino. But we must do more. And d. P. H. Has committed to more services and resources to serve those communities that are most impacted by the virus. As we learn more about this virus, we will be targeted in our response as well as our reopening. We know that indoors is riskier than outdoors which is why Indoor Services and inperson learning remain limited. We know that mixing households in large gatherings is risky, too and, once again we know that face coverings make so much difference. As people continue to move about the city in increased activities we will likely experience an ongoing increase in cases, and to keep this reopening to keep it moving forward, we need everyones help to limit that spread. Our hope, our progress our hope of continuing to do more depends on you, on me and on all our neighbors and friends. Please keep washing your hands, keep covering your faces. Find ways to connect with families and friends while keeping 6 feet apart. This is how we have and this is how we will continue to protect San Francisco. This is how we get San Francisco back on track. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Colfax, for your time. At this time we have a few healthrelated questions for you when youre ready. Thank you. The first set of questions are from ida from the San Francisco examiner. The c. D. C. Just issued a report about utah where children in School Settings spread covid to their households. How will San Francisco ensure that the same doesnt happen here with schools opening in person as soon as next week . Yes well we continue to review the data with regard to School Opening, and we are working very closely with educators and schools to ensure that we can open as safely as possible. Look there is risk and i would not be surprised that even with the precautions that were taking that will be covid diagnosed in cases with School Settings. Schools are required to have safety plans. We are visiting schools to ensure that things like ventilation and classroom structures are able to open as safely as possible and we will continue to work with the School Systems and educators to ensure that School Opening can be done as safely as possible with the many precautions that we do know slow the spread of the virus. But this is the time of living in a situation with covid19, and there is risk. Theres no way to completely eliminate that risk in the settings including educational settings. Operator thank you, doctor. The next set of questions are from Alexander Barreira from the San Francisco business times. Dr. Colfax, do you anticipate Indoor Dining will be allowed in any capacity before the end of next month . If so what criteria are you using to determine whether or not Indoor Dining is safe enough to be allowed . So again, were reviewing data on transmission of the virus in indoor settings, potential transmission of the virus. There was an article out by the c. D. C. With regards to traditional Indoor Dining so that gives us pause. We are working with experts and city leaders to see what that opening might be and we will share the timeline for any opening of indoor restaurants. I would obviously emphasize that Outdoor Dining and takeout remain options in San Francisco. Operator thank you doctor. The next set of questions are from christian captain with ktvu. Are we seeing any increases in covid rates that may be associated with labor day activities . So we will continue to watch this data over the next week or two to see if we do see an increase. We did see an associated risk of cases a couple of weeks after memorial day, so monitoring that very carefully. I would also em if a ice that the hospitalizations are em if a emphasize that the hospitalizations that are affected will show up later. So were looking at the case rate which would show up earlier, and then, the hospitalizations will increase a couple of weeks after that. Were watching again, so much depends on people wearing those fasces social distancing and avoiding large crowds whenever possible. This is imminently doable. We know it works at this point, we just need to all do it. Operator thank you doctor. The last question is from amy graff with sf gate. San francisco has the lowest number of cases of any major city in the united states. How has San Francisco been able to keep its death rate lower than other cities . Well, i think theres a couple of other things and i want to express gratitude to the hospital settings across the city, the hospitalealth care systems across the city, the hospital systems. We found a way to coordinate and come together in terms of the hospital units and the medical surge beds that would need to be available. The other piece is we have worldclass medical facilities in the city and literally, the stateoftheart care for covid19 is being done here. And i think we also have, compared to other cities, excellent access to hospitals, including at zuckerberg San Francisco general. So while theres more to be done our access to health care to testing to hospital systems, is very high compared to other jurisdictions. So i think its a combination of other factors, but im so grateful to the fact that we do have a lower death rate, and lets all work hard to keep it that way. Operator thank you dr. 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