the numberhe.sto 500,000, but there are encouraging signs in the fight. glimmers of hope. new york state seeing their number of icu patients falling. >> we are cautiously optimistic. >> while the curve may be flattening, other states are bracing for their surges. president trump's focus -- re-opening the country, but when? >> it's the biggest decision i'll ever make. >> the concerns for a second wave. plus, when those relief checks will get here. new testing sites targeting minority communities. mi stistics showing the leiny cket for 40 years out of fear of having a fatal asthma attack.

>> plus, why the surgeon general is sharing his own story this morning. teaming up. tech giants google and apple putting competition aside, working to create a coronavirus tracking system, the potential benefits even as it raises privacy concerns. easter from a distance. the dramatic differences this weekend. the switch in services, but finding a way to worship together. still other churches remaining defiant. the court decision expected today. and above and beyond. staff members at two assisted living facilities choosing to isolate with their residents. >> i could not ask for a better staff. idn't think twice.itment and why good morning. happy saturday. millions of people around the world this morning are spending

the holiday weekend social distancing. dan and i are in the studio while whit is at home. good morning to you, whit. >> eva and dan, good morning to you both. still adjusting to the new normal. as you mentioned, working from home once again. like so many other americans out there doing our part to keep people safe but we have a lot to cover this morning on the pandemic including some promising signs in certain parts of the country but the numbers are still staggering. >> indeed, they are, my friend. good morning to you. here in the u.s. there are more than 500,000 cases with more than 18,000 deaths. but nearly 30,000 americans have recovered. in new york there are signs of hope despite a rising death toll in the hot zone. the state's infection rate is slowing and fewer people are being admitted to the icu. >> with health officials saying key indicators show the u.s. may be leveling off, president trump plans to announce an opening our country council next week. health officials are urging

people though for now to stay the course. team coverage from new york to washington and begin with stephanie ramos in brooklyn. good morning to you, stephanie. >> reporter: eva, good morning. new york's governor andrew cuomo says that daily intensive care unit admissions are going down. possibly a sign that stay-at-home orders are having an effect and the worst may have passed but he is stressing the state is losing lives quickly. all of this while other states still haven't hit their peak. this morning, with more than 500,000 coronavirus cases in the u.s. and growing, new york state may be seeing results after weeks of social distancing and stay-at-home orders. the number of icu patients falling for the first time since the pandemic began. an encouraging sign. >> we are cautiously optimistic that we are slowing the infection rate. >> reporter: now with evidence of a flattening curve in some states, president trump is looking to create a task force focused on re-opening the country.

>> this is the biggest decision i'll ever make. >> reporter: trump saying he'll announce how to move forward eae >> what metrics will you use? >> the metrics are right here. that's my metric. >> reporter: according to a "new york times" report, new federal projections warn of a spike in coronavirus infections if shelter in place orders were lifted only after 30 days, a second wave likely spiking midsummer. >> i would hope by november we would have things under such control that we could have a real degree of normality. >> reporter: andrew cuomo emphasizing the key to ate wi bteing. t'not enou if yo to re- and re-open quickly. we need an unprecedented mobilization where government can produce these tests in the millions. >> reporter: tests like the ones rolling out in northern

california. an antibody study to determine whether people have been exposed without knowing it. these people lining up friday waiting to learn their immunity status. this as so many cities across the country prepare for a surge in patients. u.s. marines flying into boston to support authorities and the massachusetts national guard. boston's first field hospital taking its first patients as the city braces for its peak in cases in the next ten days. >> we are about to have a very difficult couple of weeks here in massachusetts. >> reporter: the governor of maryland also warning of tough days ahead.ve most dangerous times ever this weekend and over the next week or so. >> reporter: and there are more cities adding field hospitals and anticipating a need for beds. this morning in detroit, a new field hospital as the governor bans residents from driving to each other's homes statewide. with life on hold for millions

of americans, the financial impact increasingly apparent. long lines at food banks in pittsburgh and los angeles. >> we are looking for fresh food. i hope it will help our family. >> reporter: a seemingly never ending stretch of cars lined up hours before food banks even open. >> it's really tough to see because these are people with families and they don't know where their next meal is coming from. >> reporter: relief is on the way for some americans. the government saying stimulus checks would be direct deposited as early as wednesday. amid the desperation, recovery. in the u.s., nearly 30,000 people have recovered from the virus. [ cheers and applause ] 44-year-old tracey sengele is one of them. here she is getting a massive send-off from this south austinr exclusively with "gma." >> oh, that was awesome. made me feel very special.

i didn't think it was that big of a deal, but, yeah, they showed me it was. >> reporter: there are similar cases around the country. in brooklyn a heart surgeon returned to work this week to this medical center after recovering from the virus. eva? >> some stories of hope. thank you. joining us from massachusetts is dr. todd el ren, abc news medical contributor and infectious disease physician and tom bossert, former white house homeland security adviser and abc news contributor. tom, let's start with you. the numbers, at least in new york, seem to be improving. e president and many otheconomy. is that even something we should be talking about yet? >> good morning, eva. he needs to talk about it. in fact, i'd like him to talk more about it, but he has to do it in a really careful way. so what we're pointing out is everybody in the country is a different part of the roller coaster, some on the way up, some on their way down.

what he has to do is come out with a really thoughtful strategy, not just fire the gun one day and let all the horses come back out and race at the same time. so everybody is looking to get out of their homes but what we'll have to do is impose different levels of patience around the country and that will require some plan for distributing these scarce tests that we need so bad. >> and, dr. ellerin, the w.h.o. is out with a report of some patients in south korea testing positive again for the virus after initially testing negative. how big of a concern could this be? >> good morning, eva. so i think that, remember, tse are very sensitive tests, okay. so you can vacillate sometimes between negative and positive. what's more important, i think, is to make sure these patients don't have symptoms. if you don't have symptoms but have a positive test, it may be that you have dead virus that's

still being picked up but you can't transmit. so, you know, more to come about that. >> speaking of those tests, how critical is it to have more testing? >> well, i think testing is critical but i think to open the country four things need to happen and we probably want to think of it more on a state level like tom said. you need to have, first of all, sustained decrease in new cases and death rates and make sure hospitals have ample capacity. testing is critically important and we have to be able to monitor new cases as well as contact trace. >> good information there. finally, tom, should masks be required when the stay-at-home order is lifted? >> yeah, eva, absolutely. in fact, if we don't do that, we're going to look back on this entire response and think, man, we really missed an opportunity there. the data is coming in from around the country from around the world. the czech republic had the best outcome of all the eastern european countries and really the only thing they did differently there was, not only wear masks across their whole population, but made it kind of

cool. people were wearing masks making them. it was something that you did and if you didn't do it, you were socially shunned and they reduced the spread. remember, all the mask does is it keeps those of us that are sick and don't know it from making everyone else sick. that's really the trick here. we don't need high-end tests all the time for everything. we've got a scarcity of them. so when you don't have enough tests to identify all the problems, put a mask on. every one of those viral land mines that could infect others, you diffuse that land mine and you can kill and suppress this virus. >> tom bossert and dr. todd elleren, thank you both for joining us this morning. the mask wearing, a real shift for our culture. whit, let's send it to you. >> eva, thank you. several states are now focusing on black and latino communities which continue to be w york is opening a handful oftd address the problem. abc's zachary kiesch joins us

from one of the new locations in brooklyn with a look at this growing concern. zachary, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you, as well. in many ways it's the story inside the story. everybody has been impacted by coronavirus, but in some areas the numbers show that black and latinos have been hit disproportionately hard and really showing the inequities that exist inside the health care system. i'm outside of a new testing facility here in brooklyn. it's the kind of place that officials say more can and should be done. with cases in new york topping every country around the globe, new testing sites are now opening up across the city this morning. the new sites are focusing on minority communities after state released data reveal they are some of the most impacted by the virus. >> it's alarming, but it's not surprising that people of color have a greater burden of chronic health conditions. >> reporter: the statistics are alarming. in michigan, 40% of deaths are in the black community even though they only make up 14% of

the population. in chicago, 72% of deaths have been among black residents who make up less than 30% of the population. louisiana is seeing similar numbers. and here in new york minorities have been hit hard. approximately 34% of deaths are in the latino community and roughly 28% are african-americans. >> there's no doubt systemic racism in our society still and the systemic structural inequality in our health care system. >> reporter: statistically these communities have a higher rate of underlying health conditions. >> diseases like diabetes, hypertension, obesity and asthma are disproportionately afflicting the minority populations, particular the african-americans. >> reporter: which contribute to the horrifying death rates brought on by the virus. the surgeon general, jerome adams delivering this message. >> i've been carrying around an inhaler in my pocket for 40

years out of fear of having a fatal asthma attack. and i hope that showing you this inhaler shows little kids with asthma all across the country that they can grow up to be surgeon general one day. >> reporter: those pre-existing conditions as mentioned, the asthma, the hypertension, high blood pressure combined with lack of testing has been problematic for these communities. eva, back to you. >> i'll take it from here, zachary, thank you. extremely problematic is one way to put it, perhaps not even strong enough. thank you again. now we turn to the two tech titans launching a rare collaboration to help track coronavirus. abc's trevor ault has more on what apple and google are working on together. >> reporter: this morning, two of the world's biggest tech giants, apple d google, y od.y'rter de to tre spreadf covid-19 and even

you've been exposed. >> if you get close enough for a long enough period of time, apple and google can record that and, in the event that you are diagnosed positive with covid-19, they can send out an alert to other phones that you were near for that certain period of time. >> reporter: the technology would use bluetooth data to keep track of phones that have been close to each other. it will first roll out in may as an app designed by public health agencies but apple and google have plans to build the function directly into their phone's operating systems meaning if you want to use it, you just have to turn it on. >> because they're collaborating and because they have a duopoly on smartphonesy'e get this chn to in america >> reporter: that means potentially hundreds of millions of people could be participating in what's called contact tracing which health officials say is one of the most promising ways to contain the virus. but the idea of tracking the movement of millions of people

is raising concerns. >> tech companies haven't always had a history of taking people's privacy seriously. so the devil will be in the details. >> reporter: google's statement announcing the partnership said user privacy and security are central to the design and participation would be entirely voluntary. jennifer granik of the aclu say apple and google seem to be taking steps to protect privacy in their design plans so far but the companies will be under careful scrutiny. >> in order for it to be helpful, people have to trust it. that means it has to be private and it has to be voluntary. our information can't go to the government or to a big company, and our choice to use it has to be entirely ours. >> reporter: and apple and google are going to be openly publishing their work so everyone can analyze it and make sure it's trustworthy. these companies are usually pretty bitter rivals and say there's never been a more important time to work together. whit? >> trevor ault also reporting thanchmoing.

>>rod the world are observin keeping many from gathering for services together. musicians inside paris' notre dame donned hazmat suits to take part in good friday observances nearly one year after the iconic cathedral was devastated by fire. here in the u.s. churches are coming up with some unique alternatives for people who can't attend easter mass in person. abc's david wright has the story. >> reporter: it's a cruel irony of coronavirus that at the very moment we most need faith to comfort us, the virus has driven us into isolation. churches, synagogues and mosques are empty when they ought to be full. the streets of jerusalem holy to all three major religions are empty because of a worldwide plague. but from virtual passover seders on zoom to the broadcast

of the stations of the cross at st. peter's, the faithful are finding a way to worship together. some communities are pointedly defying social distancing guidelines. in kansas today the state supreme court will hear arguments to determine whether congregations can gather more than ten people. >> with a shockingly irresponsible decision that will put every kansas life at risk. >> reporter: but from manila to manhattan, the vast majority have found creative ways to get by. in germany, drive-in theaters are making a comeback. cathedrals of cars. [ speaking foreign language ] one preacher printed out photos of all his parishioners to keep him company in the church. >> i spent one night in the chapel basically, you know, masking tape and photos, putting them all over the pews and for me it was an amazingly prayerful moment to be in a quiet chapel,

kind of in the dark. every time i put a picture up i could remember the people i was praying for and think of them. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, new york. >> thanks, david for that. megachurch pastor joel osteen joins us live in "gma's" second hour to talk about some of the stars joining him. he's having a virtual easter service this weekend. >> a big moment for the culture. time now to check the weather. rob marciano joining us from his home and, rob, tracking a potential tornado outbreak this weekend? >> yeah, that's right, dan. actually a storm that's gathering that's going to have wide-reaching impacts not just for the south where tornados are going to be a threat, but northern states as well. we've already had some severe weather across parts of west texas. this is kind of the precursor of the show with one to two-inch hail in diameter across upton county there. we also had a lot of rain and cold weather across southern california with records set for a record low maximums and daily rainfalls. that is ejecting into the plains and will combine with the northern system to bring snow to the north and severe weather to the south.

later today and tonight, san antonio, austin, waco, those are the danger spots and then the severe weather passes through dallas and then i think houston in the morning and then crossing the sabine over into louisiana during the day tomorrow for easter sunday. that's where we think the severe weather threat is the greatest and will tap moisture from the gulf and have strong low level winds and strong tornadoes are possible anywhere from central louisiana right through the entire ste omippi. but nashville, birmingham, atlanta, all under the gun and pushes to the east on monday with a strong wind field for just about everybody including the northeast and that could be a headline with this system as well. that's a check on national headlines. good saturday morning. low clouds with us. it will get sunnier throughout the day. but at the coast, still kind of gray. looking at warmer conditions for easter and into early next week. so, what to expect today? temperatures will be coolest at the shore line. kind of breezy there as well. low 60s, upper 50s with the

cloud cover throughout the day. 70 in san jose and santa rosa. accuweather seven-day forecast warming up to near 80 by tuesday inland. >> rob, digging that sweater. eva was saying she thought you lost a bet. i think it looks great. >> i didn't say that. he's making that up. >> oh, no, between easter and the masters that should have been played i'm just feeling it. so there you go. >> channeling all things. rob, thank you. >> thanks, bud. health care workers already putting themselves on the front line. now we're learning about staffers at two assisted living facilities in ohio who are giving up almost everything for their residents. janai norman joining us this morning on this touching story. good morning to you, janai. >> reporter: guys, good morning. i'm so upset i just missed that exchange with rob. i wanted to tell him how much i liked his sweater too. so many people are stepping up and doing great things.

a big-time sacrifice for 44 people committing to taking care of 225 senior residents 24/7. the in locations in ohio have been under lockdowfoa h e to th. so 44 workers signed up to move in, sleep on air mattresses and stay there for as long as it takes. some of them obviously missing anniversaries, miss spending time with their own families. a tough first few days but everyone is pulling together to make it work. >> it's very hard to ask them. but to be honest, my staff at both buildings are like above and beyond anybody -- any other person in this world. i could not ask for a better staff and not without any hesitation did each and every one of them volunteer and to give us this opportunity to be able to do such a great thing for our residents. >> reporter: so 22 workers on the outside have agreed to self-isolate and then come in to

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and welcome back to "gma." an abc news exclusive as and welcome back to "gma." an abc news exclusive as applause erupts at a hospital in california, well deserved cheers as the first covid-19 patient at providence little company of mary in torrance gets discharged and heads home. the hospital called the patient's recovery a victory and it's been incredible to see some of these patients who have been in hospitals for such a long period of time go home and have seen those encouraging signs all around the world. >> a good reminder people are recovering from this virus. >> exactly. >> and they are going home. well, welcome back and welcome to you, whit, to "gma." here's the latest on the coronavirus. in the united states there are more than 501,000 cases and the death toll now surpassing 18,000.

with health officials saying key indicators show the u.s. may be plan an open our next week. president trump urging people to stay the course at least for now. google and apple are teaming up. the tech giants are putting competition aside and working together to trace the spread of covid-19. they are developing a coronavirus tracking system that would use bluetooth data to keep track of phones that have been close to each other. if you get diagnosed, the system can send an alert to other phones you were near during that certain period of time. the software expected to launch next month. major league baseball proposing a comeback. the mlb pitching a plan to eliminate the national and american leagues at least for the 2020 season. instead, all 30 teams would return to their spring training homes in florida and arizona. they would only play teams in those states and without a crowd. fans would see brand-new realignments in six divisions under the grapefruit league and.

>> all the different professional sports trying to find new alternatives in this world we're living in now. dan and eva, thank you. we do start this half hour with the medical workers going above and beyond their call of duty. before and after their shifts, they're offering a bridge between patients and their loved ones who are forced to keep their distance during this difficult time. abc's diane macedo joins us with more. diane, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you. from video calls to virtual parties to even at home live shots, virtual communication has never been more valuable. now hospitals are using that to connect covid-19 patients to their loved ones and they say it's not only boosting their spirits, it's helping to boost their recovery. erin said she thought it would be one of the last times she would speak to her father as a nurse held his phone in a video chat. >> that was his birthday, he

turned 65 that day. so it meant a lot to us to get to see him and sing happy birthday. >> reporter: he was in the icu of a missouri hospital on a ventilator. the family hadn't been able to contact him for six days. >> it was a big reassurance to even just see him and i like to think it made a difference for them too because the next day he started improving. >> reporter: muth's father among thousands of americans forced to face covid-19 alone, as hospitals ban visitors for safety reasons. this physician's assistant at a new york city hospital said she's seen firsthand how badly patients and loved ones long to communicate. >> we actually had a patient that was about to get intubated and could barely breathe and first thing she was asking, let me just get my phone and call my brother. >> reporter: but gianna realized there was something she could do to help. she posted on facebook offering to visit patients during her off-hours and connect them with loved ones. >> family members know they're not able to express that care or love for them but through us at least they're able. >> reporter: nurse mary says

she's seen the benefits at long island's north shore university hospital where ipads are dispersed specifically for patient use. she says it's about more than just comfort. >> it helps with their recovery, you know, being able to hear their loved one's voices to know that they're not fighting this battle by themselves. we're all in this together and we want these patients to recover as much as they do. >> reporter: i'm happy to report erin says with the help of a foundation and a go fund me, she was able to donate an ipad for every room in that hospital where her father stayed. she's hoping to do the same for other hospitals and gianna, that physician assistant says at least 15 other health care workers have posted that same message. so this is catching on, guys. a beautiful thing for patients and their families. >> a good reminder we are seeing some of the best of people in these trying times. thanks so much, diane. so many stories of people helping each other. so inspirational but officials

are also warning about some bad apples that are out there. allegedly taking advantage of this situation to line their own pockets. abc's pierre thomas has more on what to look out for. >> reporter: alicia and art coles, like so many others, have had her lives turned upside by covid-19. their small business that provides office furniture installation has cratered. >> our schedule for the coming weeks was full and to go from being extremely busy to absolutely nothing. >> reporter: to counter the loss of their income, alicia says she went online to sign up for the government's emergency loan program. then a phishing attempt aimed at stealing their identity. the very type of scam the fbi has been warning about as the covid-19 crisis has exploded. according to stephen morrell, the chief of the fbi's financial crime section, thousands of complaints are pouring in. are you surprised people would sink this low? >> when there is an opportunity

for a fraudster to take advantage of something, they will. >> reporter: with all the confusion, scammers are getting creative. there are websites claiming to be able to track individuals with covid-19 around you, only . >> we can qualify you to get a free diabetic monitor and complimentary testing kit for coronavirus. >> reporter: then the robocalls. >> we've seen cases you could call just flat extortion where a criminal is contacting an honest person and basically saying that i'm going to come over to your house or find you and i'll give you coronavirus. >> reporter: keith middlebrook, an actor whose latest achievement he alleged was finding a so-called cure -- >> after studying cell tissue and created the cure for cov-19. >> reporter: there is no cure and middlebrook has been

arrested for attempted wire fraud, accused o promoti a false lureood morng america" pierre thomas abc news, washington. >> all righty, thank you, pierre. appreciate that. time now for the weather and get it over to rob who i believe was sold that sweater by some scammers. >> he was not. >> oh, yes! score one for dan harris. i like that one. i may wear it again tomorrow. >> okay. >> masters sunday. want to show you some video out -- boy, folks in southern california after a slow start to winter, it will not quit. southern california including san diego, look at this rainfall. we had records set in both los angeles and long beach for six consecutive days in april with rainfall. that's a record. so we got that rain. we got snow across the mountains there in san bernardino, lake ead byea that ejection to the plains and winter storm warnings posted for parts of the northern rockies.

and then once this all kind of makes its way east it will drop in, not just some snow, but some heavy rain across tennessee and kentucky valleys on top of frcos dra lot of folks witr ext do not do that yet inneap18 in the morning on tues. 29 subfreezing in chicago. 35 in st. louis. look at how we go from the 50s from easter sunday into the 20s on tuesday morning and things don't look any better the following week. that's a check on what's saturday morning, waking up to gray skies around the bay, but that will change. we'll see temperatures climb through the 60s with a sunny inland reading today, but at the coast, still staying kind of gray. >> this weather report sponsored

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welcome back to "gma." welcome back to "gma." the coronavirus bringing many but the bills, they keep on coming. so now is the time to get creative and maybe turn that side hustle into a full-time job. here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: this morning, rising unemployment numbers are leading many workers without jobs to find unique ways to stay afloat. like courtney matthews from northwest, arkansas. she was working as a photographer and graphic designer. >> a lot of clients had to cancel or postpone shoots. >> reporter: she turned her

baking hobby into income. >> i was making some pop-tarts, some pastries and i would post them on my instagram and a few d be the more i baked, the more i sold. >> i think we're good to go. >> reporter: in dallas this couple had steady incomes until the outbreak. >> i was working two jobs. >> i was doing theft and fraud investigations for a national retail brand. >> reporter: the pair decided to take their youtube hobby to the next level. monetizing their channel to help pay the bills. >> we've been kicking it into overdrive to produce more content in order to maximize that as our sole revenue stream. >> reporter: others like this woman, brie, thought of a way to keep business afloat and help the community. >> the key factor in taking action was using resources we already had. >> reporter: after facing many order cancellations, theall time and resources to producing masks. >> we developed, produced and

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♪ turn it up welcome back to "gma" and our "play of the day." dan and whit, you might have some competition for dad of the year. check out this guy, steve cross. he couldn't take his family on their skiing vacation this year, so with a little ingenuity he did the next best thing and brought the ski slope to them. yeah, that is even a chairlift in the backyard for his two daughters. now, obviously it's just a bunny slope. and i mean, whit, they're on skis, not snowboards so i don't

know if this counts as shredding pow-pow but the daughters loved it. heel kick, heel kick, right? >> definitely counts. >> it's incredible and i was feeling good about myself for building pillow forts. this guy is killin' it. "gma" is now two hours on saturday. coming up all the headlines on the battle against the coronavirus including some glimmers of hope. . coming up all the headlines on the battle against the coronavirus including some >> announcer: "gma" monday pit bull live, his new song up good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz. more than4700 peoplave tested positive for covid-19 the bay area and santa cruz county at least 130 people have lost their lives in the region. santa clara county continues to be the area's hot spot with nearly 1500 cases and 50 deaths. san francisco is approaching 800 cases. alameda is next with 730.

14 new cases are being reported in san mateo county which has at least 652 cases. happening today, a donation drive is being held to get our medical workers the critical masks, gloves, wipes and gowns they need in the covid-19 pandemic fight. it is called operation love. ppe donation drive is happening at the village theater and art gallery on front street in danville. it starts at 10:00 a.m. this morning. another reminder, we always have a full list of bay area donation spots near you and other ways that you can pitch in during the pandemic. that's all on our website, abc 7 news.com. let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> hey, liz. clouds behind you. live doppler 7 shows you they're in our inland valleys.avtr long ce. itclear, but at the coast it will stay gray. look at san francisco. sea lions out there, 51 san francisco as well as gilroy. we're looking at low 50s in

redwood city, 55 and oakland, golden gate bridge, no sun here. the winds are light. we will wait for probably the next hour or two, but we'll get sun in the north bay first for a change. 49 by the delta. cloud also dissipate. notice in the north bay they get swept away and the east bay by 1:00. they're still clinging to the she keeping it cool and breezy from san mateo to san francisco. highs ranging from the 60s to the 70s. liz? liz? the step by step, we're going to figure this out. we're gonna find a way through this. we're working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. it's about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. we're gonna go through an awful lot of these. all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment.

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