>> and i'm dionne italy has the second most deaths, we have the most, toppinto topping 20,000. outside the u.s., spain has the most people infected with over 161,000. california has topped 21,000 cases, which is the fifth most in the u.s. according to the tracker from johns hopkins. >> right now, in the bay area, 4 4,862 cases, and 133 santa clara county, with the most cases, and san francisco county, with the next most.

>> north of the bay area, both lake and mendocino cases with oakland is trying to give people a chance to safely exercise. other cities seem to be doing everything they can to keep people home. but whether they will listen remains to be seen. here's cornell bernard. >> reporter: hi, eric. we did see a few violators of social distancing at the ferry building earlier today. but most people are getting the message. and oakland residents are getting some extra space. >> we're on four weeks or so of us driving each other crazy. >> reporter: gabriel thompson

taking a walk with his daughter. but it's not always easy or >>he sidewalks are narrow. >> reporter: the city of oakland has heard the complaints. >> we saw people getting too close to each other. >> reporter: starting this weekend, oakland is making more room for residents to social distance by shutting down more than a dozen streets across the city for cars. >> we want to make more room for people to walk around the block and do that in a manner where they won't be coming in contact with other people. >> reporter: the berry family likes the extra space. >> to beble to ride around someplace flat with no cars, it's a good thing. >> it's good for me, especially, because i didn't want to walk, and i didn't want to drive my truck. so i'll get on my bike and ride. >> reporter: in san francisco,

reminders about keeping that six-foot distance are everywhere. despite that, we saw people on the embarcadero near the ferry bilding farmers market clearly not practicing social distancing. many people are getting a not so subtle warning. firefighters out to remind people to keep your >> this is a holiday weekend. let's make it a memorable holiday weekend. >> reporter: the fire department urging residents to resist the temptation of gathering this easter weekend. >> think about some things we could do besides going to the parks and beaches, that doesn't include going to another family's residence. >> reporter: marin sheriff's department tweeting a few reminders. the first and last, stay at home. the police and fire department said neighborhood hikes, walks are perfectly fine but not if

you have to drive there to do it. >> cornell, thank you. with a lot less traffic, caltrans has a lot more opportunities to work on the roads. on a normal saturday, it would be all jammed up. but not today with people staying home. results from the first week of fremont's nfremont's nfremonn testing workers were tested. to get a free test, you must have had a fever and be symptomatic. it's open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or until they max out of tests for the day.

20 ucsf health care workers are headed for new york city today, volunteering for one month after new york presbyterian with coronavirus patients. these are photos posted by the ucsf twitter page. they specialize in critical care and hospital and emergency medicine. one doctor says the situation is dire. >> new york city, there are over 20,000 hospitalized patients with the illness. new york presbyterian is caring for 2,500 patients, 640 of whom are on ventilators. >> there have been more than 6,300 deaths in new york city alone. the governor says it may be at its apex right now. a group of east bay volunteers hosted a donation drive for personal protective

equipment today at danville's village theater and art gallery. and it's just the beginning. >> we're going to keep up here until all the nurses and retirement homes, all the meals on wheels, everybody has some protection. please, come help operation love. i'm a nurse of 34 years, and we're here to help and serve. >> you can help with donating supplies and making masks by finding operation love on facebook. they will hold another donation drive friday and saturday. tonight, more than 20,000 people have died in the united states from coronavirus. more than any country. that is according to johns hopkins university. new york's governor says his state may be flattening the curve, but other states are preparing for a possible surge in cases. >> reporter: more than half a million cases of coronavirus in the u.s., and still growing.

more than 8,600 deaths in new york city alone, the pandemic taking its toll on first responders. but new york state may be seeing the curve begin to flatten after weeks of social distancing and stay at home orders. >> the number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex, and it appears to be a plateau. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo with this warning. >> the worst thing that can happen is we make a misstep, and let our emotions get ahead of our logic and fact. and we go through this again i any manner, shape, or form. >> reporter: president trump looking to create a task force focused on reopening the country. >> this is the biggest decision i'll ever make. >> reporter: according to a "new york times" report, there are

warnings of a spike in coronavirus infections if orders are lifted after 30 days. >> i would hope by november, we could have a real degree of normality. >> reporter: experts say the key is testing. like this site in california, checking for antibodies with a simple finger prick. but boston's first field hospital now open. >> we are about to have a very difficult couple of weeks here in massachusetts. >> reporter: detroit also opening a new field hospital, anticipating the need for more beds. covid-19 has taken a financial toll on millions of americans who are out of work. but relief is on the way. according to the u.s. treasury, the first checks should be direct deposited this week. meanwhile, some relief for boeing employees. the company announcing it will restart operations in a limited

capacity in the oakland zoo, just one of many places closed through the outbreak. it depends heavily on visitors. but how about this story, it's about a man who was dragged off a bus because he wasn't wearing a mask. this happened in philadelphia. the video shows four officers removing a man. he was asked to leave, and there was a policy requiring all passengerso masks. due tos incident, theonger enforce the policy. the oakland zoo is just one of many places closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. it depends heavily on visitors. we'll find out what it's been doing to make up for that.

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it will last through the duration of the shelter in place order. the oakland zoo is actively looking for new revenue streams while protecting its wildlife from coronavirus. the zoo has been closed to the public because of the shelter in place order. about 90% of the zoo's finances come from admissions, but without that much needed revenue, the zoo has been forced to lay off more than 100 part-time employees. in the meantime, the zoo has started a subscription based behind the scenes video series and remaining employees like public safety workers are complying with social distancing. the zoo is actively watching the animals for symptoms. >> we wear masks around the majority of our animals to prevent the potential of our animals spreading a disease to us and us getting our animals sick. >> currently all the animals are healthy, a status the zoo hopes to keep as long as the coronavirus is spreading. nian cancelled due to the coronavirus

pandemic. it was scheduled for august 30th through september 7th in the nevada desert. organizers say they will schedule a virtual event. ticket sales were postponed in march, but some festival goers purchased early bird tickets. they will receive full refunds. well, we are seeing all sorts of creative ways people are helping out. sometimes you don't even need to leave the room. what a northern california man did to help those on the front lines fighting the coronavirus. and what is in store for us easter sunday. drew tuma is with us with the forecast. it'ne m sin the nba suspended the season. we'll look back at some important days in sports history. plus, the creative way a baseball league is ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like james

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with strict restrictions leaving many to celebrate easter at home, pope francis held his easter vigil in an almost empty st. peter's basilica in vatican city. millions joined him via live stream, tv, and radio. they will be streaming his easter sunday mass on youtube tomorrow at 3:00 a.m. pacific time. and tomorrow abc 7 news is helping the bay area find faith even amid the shelter in place. you can watch the easter celebration at 11:00 a.m. here on abc 7, abc7news.com, and our facebook and youtube pages. a man in northern california is running towards a purpose to help those on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. the 60-year-old began his epic journey this morning in placerville. his goal is to continue running on his treadmill through monday 150 miles. he wants to raise awareness and help with the short supply of personal protective equipment.

basement, attics, workshop, back of their pickup truck, you have gloves. it's quantity. don't bother by the quality, let somebody else decide if it's quality or not. we will use them. >> he is encouraging people to cheer him on. he's running in isolation but in front of a window at a business in downtown placerville. twitter founder jack dorsey is teaming up with rihanna to help people suffering from domestic violence. in addition to a $5 million donation from rihanna's foundation to help various coronavirus relief efforts. dorsey announced he was setting up a foundation as well. a teleconferencing site is reporting a record number of meetings. microsoft teams said on thursday it reached a new daily record of

2.7 billion meetings in just one day. the company says total video calls grew by more than 1,000% in march. microsoft also researched how the countries that are most active on teams used it. norway and the netherlands turned on video the most, about 60% of the time. that figure is 38% in the u.s. >> depending on which side of the east bay mountains you were on, you saw sunshine or clouds. drew tuma with the forecast. >> it was quite the sky, close to the coast, we were socked with cloud cover. but in the east bay, you managed to get some hours of sunshine. here's the active sweep, we're rain-free this evening, and will stay that way tonight. but we'll throw on the satellite loop as well on top of live doppler 7.

you can clearly see the cloud cover that was everywhere this morning, really clung to the coast for much of the day today. tonight, a cloudy night across the entire bay area. here's a live look, you see the deck of stratus clouds over the golden gate bridge, and it will stay there over the next 12 hours. a big drop in temperatures, cooler in most cities by ten degrees in santa rosa. three degrees in hayward. but a sunny day today in other places. temperatures cooling into the 50s for the most part. 55 in nevada right now, 58 in oakland, 59 in palo alto. overnight tonight, you see the numbers continue to drop. mainly into the upper 40s and

lower 50s. again, we'll have a fair amount of cloud cover overhead. mostly cloudy overnight tonight. easter sunday, we'll start out the morning with a lot of cloud cover out there. it is a cloudy morning. temperatures mainly in the mid-40s to lower 50s. and the clouds will continue to erode throughout the morning. by the afternoon, it looks like we'll find a fair amount of sunshine compared to today. mostly sunny by 4:00 p.m. sunday. and it will be in the 50s along the coast, 60s around the bay, inland, about 70 degrees. a closer look tomorrow, clouds look to pull back to the coast a little bit quicker tomorrow than today. 58, the high in the city tomorrow. 68 in san jose. 72 in the north bay and santa rosa. here's the forecast for the next seven days. sunday, from clouds to sun.

a lot more sunshine on monday. that will help to boost temperatures a little bit. tuesday, into the 70s. but coolness comes back on thursday, and friday and saturday, there is a chance of a light scattered shower. >> now, abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> it has been exactly one month since the nba shut down the season. rudy gobert diagnosed with coronavirus, and since then the sports world has been on old. but teams have been active on social media. andtephen cry talke javale mcgee on instagram. >> what player do you look at, and like, oh, yeah, i'm getting

60 tonight. >> ooh. everybody. >> oh! >> i speak for all of us except steph's opponents when i say i can't wait for that to happen again. on this date in warriors history, april 11th, 1960, al was selected by the philadelphia warriors in the fifth round, he's been affiliated with the team for 60 years. the longest stint for any team in nba history. he was incted into the hl of fame last year. time flies when you're having fun on this date in 2000, this ballpark opened its doors for the first time. the giants hosted the dodgers, but l.a. won, after three home runs by kevin. bay area athletes and teams helping out.

a total of 200 meals sent to the police departments, a way to say thank you to those who keep us safe every day. we're seeing a lot of trick videos these days. check out this pitcher, shows an empty hand, fires a strike. a lot of people on twitter calling this a balk. looks like a magic trick to me. and did you see this? the chinese professional baseball league trying to open their season today in taiwan. the home team trying to create a stadium atmosphere with robots playing music and mannequins in the stands, taking the place of the fans. mother nature called it, it was a rainout. we'll be right back.

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from people's driveways. he says it's a social distanced way to connect with >> a lot of djs want to just go online and live stream, but i think interaction in a very safe manner, people are missing that because everything is online these days so i really wanted to try to find that spot where people could try to do something with themselves and get some exercise in a safe manner. >> just head to driveupdj.com to request his services. he is focusing on the east bay but is open to going

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