A major out break at San Francisco shelter. The fight between advocates and city hall on how to take care of the homeless population. Apple and google teaming up to create a covid19 tracking app. How to help procedures an expert is teaching others. Easter weekend. Ill have a closer look coming up. Devastating new milestone tonight in the fight against the kreers. Worldwide more than 100,000 people have died. With nearly 1. 7 million confirmed cases. Here in the u. S. The death toll topped 18,000. With more than 500,000 cases. President trump says hes torn over reopening the economy. I only hope to god its the right decision. I would say without question its the biggest decision i have ever had to make. The virus itself is going to determine the guideline. Locally theres an out break at San Francisco largest homeless shelter. 70 people have tested positive to covid19. We have been screaming and yelling to get them to move people out of the crowded shelters. We were on top of it. Good ev
872. Alameda county, two dozen new cases two more have died. The number in contra costa county, approaching 550. Santa clara, 55 new cases and along with three more deaths bringing the total number of cases there to 1600. Bay area wide, nearly 5,000 coronavirus cases, the death toll stands at 139. Well, to it is Easter Sunday but christian rngs services have moved online and people shemter because of the coronavirus up pandemic. More with how its being received. Christy . Reporter we spoke with one man who regularly attends church and he says he is grateful the tools out are there to stay connected on easter and churches are making adjustments in very difficult times. Easter mass p. Reporter at st. Benedict catholic church, mass was taped on friday and added online for people to view while they social distance from home. I wanted folks to have the opportunity to be able to view at their leisure. Reporter people cannot gather nth churches because of covid19 pandemic. Father says the Onl
This is abc7 news. Easter goes on in the bay area but with a much different tone this year as the pandemic has many celebrating virtual celebrations. There are more than 550,000 confirmed cases in the united states. Thats three times as many as the next highest country. Spain. More than 21,000 deaths have been reported in the u. S. Which is also the highest of any country. New york city alone is nearing 7,000. Italy has the second most deaths from the virus. Now, california is reporting just over 22,000 confirmed cases which is the sixth most in the u. S. Just behind massachusetts and pennsylvania. More than 600 people have died in the state from the virus. The greater bay area now has more than 5,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. The count right now stands at 5,079. 140 people have died. Santa clara county has the most cases with more than 1,600. North of the bay area, both lake and mendocino counties report having four confirmed cases each. So far there are no reported deaths in ei
Having four confirmed cases each. So far there are no reported covid19 deaths in either of those counties. Easter sunday was celebrated in unique ways across the bay area tonight from a safe, social distance. Churches were empty, but faith was strong as people went online to mark the holiday. Cornell bernard is live outside st. Paul church in San Francisco with more on this story for us. Cornell . Hi, eric. Easter being reimagined in so many ways across the bay area, folks here at saint peter and paul church just gave up 80 meals from a safe social distance to anyone in need. Church services are virtual, and so are easter egg hunts. Easter services went on at nob hills Grace Cathedral but with no parishioners and empty pews. Valerie watched a live stream of the service while sheltering in her home, and she wasnt alone. To see people from literally all over the world being grateful to be able to connect in this way. Its wonderful. Do not be afraid. In oakland, there was online easter ma
Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Were tracking even warmer weather for the days ahead. All of the details in the accuweather forecast. A San Francisco supervisor is alerting residents of a potential increase in citations for people who are not practicing social distancing. Tonight, how safe is muni . Riders telling us the social distancing has gotten worse. The Union President saying, a total shutdown might be needed. Abc 7 news starts right now. After a warm holiday week, with many people seeming to be getting outside in San Francisco, a supervisor says more social distancing enforcement could be coming. Good evening. Im eric thomas. More citations could be on the way for people who are not practicing social distancing in the city. Abc 7 News Reporter liz pena spoke to a city supervisor from San Francisco, luz . Reporter according to sfpd they have cited two people in the last 20 days and a supervisor says that number could go up. We visited some of the most popular out places i