increased by 140 overnight. with nearly every county reporting new infections. there are now more than 1800 cases across the region. santa clara county's death toll surged by 5 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 25. one of the victims is a young adult between 21 and 30. new fatalaties were reported. the bay area death toll stands at 44. >> we are keeping our eyes on other counties. mendocino county is bringing the total death -- the total cases three. and lake county is reporting no confirmed cases. the death toll has climbed passed the century mark to 101, including a noncalifornia resident that passed away. there's 4600 cases statewide and 73 of them are healthcare workers that were stricken by

the virus. >> governor newsom was in the bay area, to call on silicone valley tech leaders to help in the pandemic, including when it comes to life saving medical equipment like ventilators. we are live in sunnyvale with details and a company stepping up. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, eric, the ventilators are desperately needed across the state of california. silicone valle is stepping up. here is an example. just a few days ago, companies like bloom energy did not know anything about ventilators and now they do, and they are getting them to where they are needed. govern eor newsom held a round applause for the workers of bloom energy, they have become a pop up assembly line for life saving ventilators. >> it's medical grade lines and oxygen. >> the balloons simulate lungs in testing. bloom energy is working to refurbish hundreds of

ventilators from the state's emergency supply, in hopes of getting them to hospitals to help treat coronavirus mashltpa. >> the icu numbers went up yesterday 105%. overnight. in the state of california. >> the state is secured 4,000 ventilators but may need at least 10,000. and thousands will need new batteries. bloom energy, which normally produces fuel cells has stepped up to help. >> hopefully, what we are doing here is to say, we can do this. a week ago, none of us new anything about ventilators other than what it was being used for. >> the workers are figuring it out and getting it done. san jose mayor is impressed. >> so, enheartened by what i have seen from the incredible people behd me wreorkil urs and creative way they can to make things work. >> in a time of need, i think the only way we can do what we

want to do, is to understand what the need is -- >> governor newsom said that other california companies are pitching in during the pandemic. >> that's the spirit of california, that's the spirit of this moment. take responsibility, take ownership. >> and the work continues in the warehouse behind me, some of the refurbish eed ventilators will going l.a. and they have a plant on the east coast doing the same thing. stanford hospital acting as a consultant for the big operation. live in sunnyvale. >> thank you for the report. >> a nurse who was helping to treat patients here in the bay area said she is scared that nurses could be spreading the virus. she is urging kaiser permanente to do more to keep medical staff safe. >> it's been scary, and really we are not really hearing or getting the leadership that we need from a national level or

even really at the hospital level. >> amy scott slovik is among nurses who recently protested saying they are in dire need of masks and personal protective equipment, known as ppe. >> when we ask for the ppe, we should get the ppe that we need, rather than get one mask and told you have to make it last for the entire shift and it has to go for even if you are taking care of some covid patients and not covid patients. >> they say that they have changed their position and now allowing nurses to bring their own masks to work as long as they are not medical grade. that doesn't provide enough protection from covid-19 she said. >> we could be transmitting it with not having the right ppe. we feel like we are walking around and passing it along to other rooms and we can't understand they are so st nimpt gy with the ppe, we are told we have it, we have enough for now. but in case the surge gets worse, we need to hold back. >> nurses say a meeting is set

to discuss the situation. >> we want to take care of our patients and be there, we would like to have a conversation about how to do it safely. >> now, kaiser tells us that nurse may bring their own medical grade protective masks to work. they say in a statement, we are providing our staff with the protective equipment that is aligned with the latest science and guidance from public health authorities. we have asked that certistaff u masks that are not soiled in alignment with cdc recommendations. a patient has tested positive for covid-19. they are all in good condition. five of the staff members provide patient care, and a hospital is now in the process of testing 175 people. the hospital is a city run nurgs home with 766 beds. most of the residents are over 65 with serious health conditions. it's under lock down. >> if you have materials that you are interested in donating to hospitals.

we have information on how you can help on our website. abc7 news.com. >> all 23 san matteo county parks are closed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. the decision to close the parks came after a surge of visitors last weekend. park rangers say during the past week and a half, they have seen people violating the shelter in place order. cong congragating in groups and not practicing social distancing. signs will be posted at entrances and the entrances locked. >> rohnert park police are issuing citations to people in city parks and those operating nonessential businesses. they are moving to pro active enforcement. telling people to stay home unless they are going out for essentials and that means groceries or take-out. even then, only one person per household should go out. it's okay to take short walks around the neighborhood. >> there were long lines at costco this morning.

check it out, this imagine shows before the store opened. customers here were lined up from the entrance, down the side of the building and through the back. people have begun lining up before 3:00 a.m. and while you may see a few empty shelves, costco ceo said the flow of the goods in the stores is strong. >> meantime, a supervisor is warning that if the panic buying and grocery hoarding continues, government may have to step in. supervisor david canapa talked about an effort to have all stores voluntarily limit panic buying of items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer, but if it does not show results in a month, he is ready to introduce an ordinance to make it the law. if they cannot regulate and it's not working among all stores, then, we need to see what we can do to implement something county wide. >> the ordinance would limit

purchases of some item thes to just four. he adds that when one bay area county starts a safety campaign. others are likely to join. >> b.a.r.t. is taking advantage of increasingly low ridership. crews were out this week working on improvements. you are looking at the station last night, when they did electrical work. b.a.r.t. got just over 31,000 riders yesterday. and that is 8% of what it usually gets. >> bay area animal shelters are urging pet owners to develop an emergency plan in case they get hospitalized with coronavirus. the shelters say they are not equipped to handle hundreds of expected pets that will need care. owners should find a temporary care giver as soon as possible. plans should be written and include your name, contact information, feeding schedule, vaccines and vet history. they are urging owners to prepare a kit with pet food, medicine and other necessary supplies. >> well, coming up on abc7 news at 6:00. other states also in need of

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nationwide tonight, 2010 people have died due to the coronavirus and according to john's hopkins data and now, new york is getting a new weapon had in the fight to save lives. abc news reporter rachel scott explains, it's all coming in the form of a military ship. >> reporter: president trump at naval station norfolk. >> this great ship is a 70,000 ton message of hope. >> reporter: the president considering a quarantine for new york, new jersey and connecticut which have been hit hard by the

outbreak. more than 104,000 confirmed cases in tcase s -- in the the the the state, where cases have soared passed 44,000, the governor said that he needs those ventilators now. >> they are the necessity in this situation. they are having trouble breathing. they have a cough. and they all need a ventilator. >> new york city's jacob javitz convention center being converted to an thousand bed facility, freeing up hospital space for patients with the virus. similar measures in chicago. the mccormick place convention center will have 3,000 beds but that center will only treat covid-19 patients. president trump has signed the $2 trillion aid package. millions americans will get a check from the government. it expands unemployment benefits and extends forgivable loans for

small businesses that keep workers and creates bail-out funds for the airlines and hotels and accept-- and sends $ billion to hospitals. on the front lines in the fight against the virus, healthcare workers with a plea for critical equipment. >> if you have any, um, face masks, supplies, please -- please consider donating them. >> dramatic video posted on facebook shows an emergency room in new york city filled with bed ridden patients. >> who was the sickest patient to go up? >> i don't know. >> this nurse says she patients are dying alone. >> if we don't change our behavior and we don't provide our healthcare providers to attack this and fix it and get rid of it, we have a serious problem. >> a nurse working in oakland's

hioakland's -- debra >> in some ways it's more frightening than iraq. >> i agree with that. it's invisible, you don't know where it is. we have patients coming through a triage tent, there's a crew that is attempting to pick the needle out of the hay stack. >> she still wants to serve. >> from years ago, it was a uniform and in combat boots and now, it's with a mask and a funny little hat. but, anyway i can get back i want to do that. >> she was on the team that treated bob woodruff when he was in a roadside bomb in eiraq 14 years ago. >> a bay area couple is forced to postpone their wedding because of the coronavirus. how the bride said it's been a positive experience. >> and drew is up next with the act uweather forecast.

and coming up in sports bay area teens step up to help out the elderly during the tough times. plus, logan couture tells us which had teammate he would nissan has been with you through thick and thin. and now is no different. we're offering payment options for current owners and our service departments are here to help. and for future owners, we're offering no payments for 90 days on 14 models. this is help when you need it.

now, a special look at the new normal of living with a shelter in place in the bay area. here is one person's personal story, alyssa had to postpone her wedding. so we have been engaged for about a year. we got engaged last year this time we were in japan. and we kind of started planning right off the bat and we wanted to have it in the spring and things just fell in to words in terms of planning for the wedding. we found a venue, and they had a specific date open and so we were like, yeah, that looks great, let's just do it and everything really, really worked

out really seamlessly. and so, i would say the last few weeks, and so, now, we are working on rescheduling, i have been on multiple calls daily with our planners, with our event coordinator to figure out what the solution is, and we are finding a solution but it's not ideal. and it's a lot of moving parts. but i think that everyone so far has been really accommodating and very helpful, just because this is uncharted territories that we are having to navigate right now, and so, everyone just wants to support one another. >> i think the plan at the moment is to go forward and just find a new date with the same location. get that plan-b in action. that's probably the message. get the hand sanitizer and get a plan-b in action. >> covid-19 diaries is an abc7 originals limited series. telling the personal stories as the bay area copes with the

coronavirus. >> for the first time since world war ii, a candy company is stopping production. the san francisco based company said is the decision was made in quote in recognition of the guidance provided by local health authorities. they have stopped online sales and is offering refunds to people who placed orders. they say they will keep customers updated ask they figure out plans to safely resume operations. it comes weeks ahead of easter, a usually busy time for the company. >> drew is forecasting from home. we saw rain today. drew? >> yeah, we did and we will hang on to the showers, eric, as we go in to the sunday as well. a system live overhead, live doppler 7 is tracking it all. let's zoom to street level on live doppler 7, you can see in the south bay. light showers around san jose, milpedes and light showers around union city. and as we go in to the east bay,

light rain over walnut creek. and even around byron, light showers around brentwood, and scattered light showers from pengrove, and santa r-- santa rosa. the showers are scattered in nature with the light moving system. temperatures in the 50s. 55 in the city right now, we are at 54 in san jose, 58 in oakland and 54 in napa and so, on the storm impact scale, it's a level 1 system, we have over the next 24 hours tonight and tomorrow. we will find showers, and some scattered downpours really sunday morning as this cold front is kind of swinging through. less than a half of an inch of rain for most and it will be breezy at times. overnight tonight, we have the cloud cover overhead, insulates and numbers are not dropping. future weather, let's go hour by hour, later this evening, an

isolated shower here or there. a cloudy night ahead had, a humid night as well. watch what happens as we get had in to sunday morning. this is 5:00 a.m. on sunday. see the pops of yellow and orange on the screen in those are the scattered downpours dotting the bay area. that continues even to 8 and 9:00. the first half looks wetter than the second half. as we get in the afternoon, the downpours move out and the showers are more isolated in nature as we head in to sunday evening, we will likely get breaks of sunshine in to our environment. that will help to warm us up more than today. highs on the sunday, pretty much on either side of 60. hitting 60 in oakland, 59 the high in palo alto. the same in san rafel, 55 in halfmoon bay and 60 the high in concord. so, here's the accu weather day seven-day forecast, let's plan the next seven days. tomorrow the rain and downpours will focus in the morning by the afternoon, and the evening, we

will dry out, have peeks of sunshine here and there. monday, a lot of cloud cover is lingering there's a chance of an isolated shower and most spots will be dry. we will put the rain on hold by tuesday and wednesday, sun cops back if full effect. temperatures are warming up and then, spring really in the air for thursday, friday, and saturday in these seven day forecasts. you see temperatures well in the 70s, so spring warmth coming for the latter half had of the forecast. >> now, abc7 sports with chris alvarez. >> happy birthday to sharks captain logan couture, yesterday, he hopped on a zoom video call to talk to other players in the pacific division. fun stuff there and one of the topics was which teammate you would not want to spend quarantine with. here's what he to say. >> the least one is easy, jumbo, i don't know how he is surviving right now. he has got ad-d for sure, if he cannot go to the rink, he would be lost. >> that is 100% true. >> i don't know what he is

doing. >> and i texted him a couple of times throughout this just to check in on him and see how he is doing. so, that's easy. >> here's a great story. kaylin of the earthquakes u-19 academy with her friend greg are accepting delivery requess and giving them to the elderly and accepting donation requests to deliver medical supplies to nearby facilities. >> i was putting myself had in their shoes and trying to understand where they are coming from and you know, a lot of them are probable scared and feel a little bit alone. and so, i guess that's where i got the idea for like grocery runs. we are had happy to be doing it, it's not, we don't feel like it's a drag, we are happy to help them. >> love to see the youth stepping up. warriors basketball academy, and warriors dance team are holding virtual workout on the instagram pages. thursday was a ball handling drill and friday, a dance class. more stuff coming up later this month.

for basketball drills follow gs academy on instagram and dance class, gsw dance team on instagram. there may not be games but don't tell that to a young lebron james fan. he is decked out going through his own starting lineup. have to have the chalk toss and the dribbling and dunking and shooting. got to love it. this guy may be a young lebron in training. guys? we send it back to you. always good stuff on twitter and all over social media. >> hes that lebron hang time. but i have never seen lebron picked up and taken to the next room. >> funny stuff. >> yeah. >> got to wait a few years to see what happens with this kid. >> next, disney world is closed indefinitely because of the coronavirus, forcing one family to cancel their trip. how they recreated i i didn't choose this exact type of metastatic breast cancer. but i did pick clarity by knowing i have a treatment that goes right at it. discover piqray, a treatment that specifically targets

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hospitals for protective gear. we will introduce you to a local company stepping up. and the stay at home order has changed everything, including those hoping to get married at places like san francisco city hall. hear from couples that were supposed to tie the knot next weekend and one couple's wedding is in doubt. finally at 6:00 the family who created a trip at disney world, recreated it when there's was originally cancelled because of covid-19. katie hern got help from her family to bring disney world to their home in spring, texas. looks like she and her kids had a great time. they will keep disney land and disney world closed indefinitely due to the pandemic. did you see that? they had the disney money. it was cool. disney is the parent company of abc7.

>> and the little one had the first trip to disney pin. so, who knows, maybe they can just recreate it at the real disney land or disney world some time real soon. >> very well done. maybe we can hire them as like party organizers for the rest of us. >> all right. >> very impressive. >> that is it for abc7 news at 6:00. we will see you back here at 11:00. >> good night.

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