the same requirement will take effect in parts of the east bay, north bay and peninsula. another big headline tonight. >> we are now in a pandemic-induced recession here in the state of california. >> governor newsome announced an economic recovery committee, which includes four former criminal governors and major economic executives. first a story to bring hope. it's about a woman who survived coronavirus. she's 84 with preexisting health conditions. her doctors and family were not sure she would make it. she's in that high-risk group, but she did thankfully. cornell barnard has her story. >> reporter: how are you doing? >> pretty good. >> reporter: she'll settle for pretty good considering the

month she's had. do you feel lucky to be here? >> you bet i do. i feel i dodged a bullet. >> reporter: that was her being hospitalized. >> the doctor said how to you feel being diagnosed with the coronavirus? i said i feel afraid. he said, well, you're in good hands. >> reporter: she was the 39th diagnosed case in san francisco. the odds were stacked against her. >> you have to understand that i'm an old lady with type two diabetes, lung cancer survivor, asthma and i survived. there's hope. >> it was really scary. >> reporter: daughter lisa felt helpless and feared the worst. >> i kept hearing the stories of all the parents and grandparents in italy that were dying alone because their families couldn't

come visit them. >> reporter: but a grim story from her son helped her turn the corner. >> he said "are you dying, mom?" i said, no, absolutely not. i think that helped me gain strength. >> reporter: doctors can't say why some doesn't survive the virus and others like doris do. >> i've heard from many colleagues they've been able to discharge them home. >> reporter: doris knows it's a time of great fear and sorrow. >> but it's also a time for us to find strength and to continue to use that strength to see another day. >> reporter: doris turns 85 next month. >> isn't that fantastic. doris said she's feeling better every day, gaining strength and energy, happily quarantining at home. she thanks doctors and nurses

who helped her in this amazing recovery. great story. >> that is a wonderful story. >> right now there are more than 6,100 confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay. the virus has killed 198 people. our region's most populous county, santa clara, has the most cases with 1,870 and the largest death toll with 73. lake county reports six confirmed cases and mendocino counties has four. this includes data for 14 counties, the bay area and beyond. starting at mid might, people from san francisco will, required to wear a mask or face covering in public. santa clara, napa and solano

counties are a the this time. >> as of midnight tonight it will be a requirement. >> reporter: face masks no longer recommended but no required for anyone in san francisco to wear in public. >> any type of mask, face covering, a scarf or something that will cover your nose and your mouth. >> reporter: mayor london breed making clear the order applies to anyone inside an essential business or even walking outside. >> any time you're indoors or within close proximity of others within an essential business or at work. >> reporter: san francisco is the latest county to require face coverings following contra costas are sonoma,

>> i always felt if i stayed away, i'd be fine. >> you go in the store and it's a missed bag. >> reporter: the new order will not replace social distancing requirements. >> wearing a face covering is not a substitute for staying at home, staying six feet apart and frequent hand washing. >> reporter: if you don't have a mask yet, don't worry, enforcement for the order won't start until next wednesday. >> if you are not a police officers, don't act like one. we're not expecting people to police one another. >> reporter: in san in san in stephanie sierra. >> and they are ramping up contact tracing. leslie brinkley explais how

that works. >> there have been the county. now they've ramped up to 85 staff dedicated entirely to tracing covid-19. digital tracking is useful to see where a covid positive patient went here or there, but it's contact tracing that's of critical importance. that is using an old fashioned phone call to get ahold of someone to find out who they were in touch with and how intimate that contact was. >> if i happened to go to the grocery store and didn't have we'll call it close conversation with someone else, maybe the risk is fairly low and there's not a lot to do with contact tracin tracing. on the other hand, if they said i met my neighbor out front ant we had a 20-minute conversation and we hugged, that's probably a

contact we should follow you with. >> the vast majority of cases actually are transmitted ensiin the home. >> reporter: roommates and family members are the first to be contacted. one john hopkins study said they need 100,000 contact tracers on the job. >> california's unemployment rate in march jumped to 5.3%, up from 3.9% in february. it's the largest increase going back to the mid 1970s. to help guide california's economic recovery, the governor today announced a task force, which includes some of the biggest names in the state, as well the people who held gavin newsome's job before him. lauren martinez is live in the newsroom with the details behind

today's announcement. >> reporter: the governor said we're at a point where we can begin a very thoughtful, phased--in approach to reopening the state of california and reopening our state economy. >> we're at a point starting to start toggling back.back.back. >> reporter: tom steyer. >> we will try to come up with a recovery plan worthy of california's past and pushes us to a better future and remedies some of the injustices which this covid-19 pandemic has revealed in our society.

>> other members include tim cook, bob iger and former federal reserve chair janet yellin. it will also include all four form former giving governors of the state. >> you're talking about a company that's almost a hundred years old. whether it's world wars or global economic crisis or terrorist attacks, what we do for people is always wanted and always enjoyed. and so we tend to have an ability to bounce back because we just manufacture happiness in so many different ways. >> other states are beginning to reopen. some nonessential businesses in louisiana reopened today. in texas, the governor there wants to reopen on april 27th. governor newsome says the virus

knows no borders. >> we're going do this thoughtfully and >> they'll reach out to people across the state, whether they're activists, labor groups or philanthropists to develop plan. lauren martinez. >> they are very close to making a decision but nothing has been made certain just yet. back to you. >> all right. lauren, thank you so much. >> fewer americans believe a return to normalcy will come by the start of june. 31% things will go back to normal by june 1st. when asked two weeks ago, 44% thought they'd see normally by june 1st. >> the impact of coronavirus varies widely around the country. tonight an in-depth look at the

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a patient at an east bay care facility is worried she's not being protected enough after two employees tested positive for coronavirus. it's a friend of the patient spoke to us via facetime to speak up for her. >> they want to have the coronavirus test. they want to have the test done and they also want masks. they all want masks. they won't even give them masks. >> the facility declined an interview but pro described a

statement -- "our center has implemented federal and state guidelines regarding covid-19 for the protection of our residents and employees." the two employees who tested positive are no longer in the building. >> the i-team has covered a lot of the local nursing homes that have experienced coronavirus t outbreaks. you can read those story on our web site. >> a new covid-19 drive-through it's lat at 7th and brannon and opened at noon today. you can't just drive up and show up. people who want to get tested must be screened for symptoms before setting up an appointment. if you have symptoms and want to

get screened, go to projectbaseline.com/covid-19. two people working with the oakland unified school system have tested positive. they were involved with the distribution of food and school supplies. both were asill tom attic and when they started to feel sick, they stayed home and isolated themselves. neither have been at work for over a week and their workplaces have been cleaned. >> and leen melendez reports the implications of this idea. >> the san francisco school board has come up with novel proposals. the latest would give students in grades 6 through 12 all as for the semester. >> the reason a lot of us wanted

to move in this direction is because we want to acknowledge all of our students are doing their very best in a really hard tle. >> reporter: some on the board feel not all students have the technology or internet connection to do virtual learning so teachers should cut them some slack. but some parents believe it's not fair for those students who have worked so hard to earn an a yet it rewards kids who simply don't care. any shell packer has two children in san francisco schools. they have been doing distance learnings. she worries about the implications it will have on students applying to colleges. >> if they can't really tell how students in san francisco were evaluated because they all got the same mark, could put students at a disadvantage. >> reporter: the school board has been advised giving all as is not currently an option ofd by the california department of education. the board is more likely to end

up voting to give a pass or no-pass grade like other disabilities are doing. t even in other counties, some parents are circulating this petition, asking that students also be given the option to get letter grades. san francisco is considering that option. most parents in san francisco say the board should give itself an a for trying to come up with an equitable solution. >> there are concerns about racial disparties among coronavirus patients and death. the mayor of oakland talked about that top ek on midday live today. >> health disparities by race are not new. the fact that it getting attention during the co-ved 19 crisis is in some ways hopeful because this has been a persistent inequity forever. >> the mayor says oakland will

establish a task force to investigate possible raes yag disparities. the state has come peeled race and ethnicity data for about two-thirds of cases. the first column is the percent of cases. the second column is the present of deaths and the row is a dev or ethnic group. african-americans represent a disproportionately high percentage of deaths, latinos are disproportionately low percentage of deaths compared to the population. san francisco's chinatown has in the eyes of many experts defied the odds when it comes to covid-19. >> the chinese-american community of san francisco,

particularly in chinatown was way ahead of this curve for many, many reasons. the chinese hospitals and sick companies, many of the institutions that have been part of the history of chinatown have been we ahead of the curve and flattened that in chinatown in february, long before it became common practice elsewhere. >> why does criminal have fewer cases of the virus that be new york. we put the states side by side for comparison and what woo found was california's quick action really made all the difference. here's dion lim. >> new york saw their first case on march 1st, but the empire state saw nearly ten times as

many cases of the coronavirus. why? an interactive timeline lays out day by day the difference in how two of the country's largest states handled the outbreak of the coronavirus differently. >> woo need to tack an official action. >> reporter: while some were both leaders setting the stage for the pandemic that would sweep across the country. can you follow along day by day as each state waged a ward against covid-19. >> ewant to remind everybody that this state tens to take advantage of every hour of every day. >> reporter: watched as the number of reported cases grew, and tracked what city and state leaders were saying. >> we are now the epicenter of this crisis. but as california and the notion eye reopening afrs months in

7 news. >> fascinating what's happened here in california. you can check out this ent active time looep at our web site. >> expect a cool weekend. it won't be beach whether, which this virus is testing all of us. and it's testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. so abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need.

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sunnyvale. none of it welcome when you're sheltering at home. >> no, definitely not. all right. we have some rain coming our way. spencer christian has the latest. >> only a little bit but it is rain. right now in the bay area, we just have little patches of moisture passing jove head. but just outside the bay area, we have a cluster of thunderstorms to our north, our east, kicking up lots of instability and not quite affecting the day area significantly yet but kicking up a lot of active weather. we might get a sprinkle or two overnight. conditions are mainly dry, a few clouds and breaks of sun. low 60 at oakland, redwood city and san jose. looking in order ward from the golden gate, we see meksed sky

conditions as well. 63 in fairfield, 60 at concord and 59 at livermore. it's going to get cloudier overnight, pavie, morning drizzle, its a little morning. unless you have an essential reason to be theer the coastline, get away from the coastline, stay at home if you can. but if you have to be there, be aware that there is the increased risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents as the surf is route right now. in the morning, lows to upper 40s and low 50s. and spotty drizzle and mainly sunny describes in the afternoon. high temperatures will range from upper 50s at the coast to mainly mid 60s right along the

bay shoreline in the warmest inland location. let's look at our approaching storm. it's a light storm, which ranks only one on the impact scale. monday morning, light scattered showers, rainfall potential at under an inch. sunday night we may see the first batch of showers beginning to push onshore. monday morning they become a bit more widespread. and they'll start to wind down monday afternoon and we'll see passion clearing in the evening hours, late afternoon, early evening hours on monday. here we go. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. saturday and sunday will be very much alike with the exception of an increase in clouds on sunday. high temperature range over the weekend basically upper 50s at the coast to mid 60s around the bay to about 70 inland.

it cool down with the arrival of the light scattered showers. it quickly warms up with sunnier skies on tuesday and by thursday and friday of next week, high temperatures inland in the low 80s, mid 70s around the bay shoreline and low to mid 60s on the coast. there could be slippery spots, wet spots on the roadways early monday morning. otherwise we're looking at mild and dry and fair weather next week. >> that looks fabulous, spencer. at least it's clear this weekend. let the rain happen on monday. thank you very much. >> exactly. >> a new study gives us reason to hope. >> the bay area has seen a surge in credit card fraud. i'

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this is abc 7 news. >> a somber milestone in california today. more than a thousand people in the state have died from coronavirus according to a tally by johns hopkins university. >> nearly half of the deaths have been in los angeles county as new york city continues to cope with coronavirus, city officials have cancelled all-nonessential permitted events like the parade. it took almost three months but the united states has now tested more than is% 1% of the country population. president trump remains confident many states will reopen by the end of the month. >> i think 29 states are in that ball game. >> many governors and health officials agree the key to any effort to get back to normal will be increasing that testing number. >> stock in a foster city

company soared nearly 10% amid reports that it shows promise tp against the coronavirus. >> we really need a control group to understand if the drug alone is the reason why these patients got better. >> the drug is manufactured by gilead signs. doctors at the university of chicago reported nearly 113 patients given the drug recovered. a proper clinical trial with a placebo is now under way. >> the pandemic and stay-at-home orders are opening up opportunities tore internet retailers and unfortunately cyber criminals. michael, the crooks always move so fast. >> do they ever. they're all over this pandemic. a sadly here in the bay area, we're among some of the first

victims. whether you're working at home, home schooling the kids or just sheltering in place, most of us find ourselves with extra time on our hands. many of us are filling that time online. both amazon and walmart are hiring 250,000 workers combined to handle the onslaught. it's a trended noted by the cyber security firm digital shadows. >> this is almost like black friday in november, december time frames all over again. just like legitimate businesses are talking about spikes in sales they're seeing from e-commerce, this is an unseasonal opportunity for cyber criminals. >> it's something the san francisco office of the fbi is already noticing. >> they notice people are online now, they look to assert themselves and find those vulnerabilities and look to commit fraud and make a

>> clearly the online shopping sector is something they are looking at. >> reporter: his team at digital shadows is monitoring the dark web and watching cyber criminals excitedly discuss increased opportunity to steal your credit and debit card numbers. >> payment card fraud would be going of a my debit card, your deb id card, our credit cards. >> they do that by getting you to click malicious links or skimming your number. he said expect to see an uptick of credit card fraud in coming weeks. holland suspects the bay area is already experiencing it. >> in the bay area you've been on lockdown longer so probably e-commerce got hit sooner than other parts of the country. >> be cognizant, be aware of some of those threats. >> reporter: i wish i had something to tell you brand new

about how to protect yourself but i don't. what i've got is basic informing that we give out all the tile. be careful what you click on and don't give out any personal information and all of your emails may look legit, just assume they're not until you double-check. >> good advice. >> another crime on the rise, domestic violence as families shelter in place during the covid-19 pandemic. chris >> pmy children and myself contracted covid-19 and have been in isolation at home without access to our therapy

networks and the simplest of life's needs. >> the santa clara shaeriff's office has seen a 40% increase in calls on violence. date yag collected by county officials reveals a drop in the number of new victims seeking help from local agencies. they may be afraid to reach out for help >> we are open when you need us. we're there for you. >> the ywca crisis support hotline remains fully operational. >> liesen to friends and if friends can provide that really important connection point to

link survivors with service. >> reporter: services that could make all the difference during these trying times. >> i can now focus on trying to lift myself and my children from this state of living and be self-sustaining again. after these events ripped the foundation from under including help for domestic violence, menlt, substantial abuse and other issues. >> and an update tonight on a story that took the i-team's dan noise all the way to italy. a lawyer for finnigan elder said the court agreed to the request today. the court had been on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic in italy. the court will l allow an expert to review the translation of

intercepted conversations that elder had in jail. prosecutors say the >> italy has the second highest number of coronavirus deaths after the united states. as of today the virus has claimed more than 150,000 lives globally. the coronavirus death toll in wuhan chinese what deaths have been added. it's based on new information from prison and nursing homes in the country. >> china's economy shrank 6% over last year after shopping outlets animals are closed to contain the outbreak.

>> next, join the celebration for a daily city man who is now become hope h familiar >> like the sights and sounds of our first month of sheltering in place. >> and to chronicle our lives during the pandemic, we have an series the covid-19 diaries. we spoke with some local residents about how they're doing after a month of sheltering in place. you can watch the limited

. new at 6, celebrating survival in daly city. today neighbors held a car parade for a man who had been in

the icu in life threatening condition. now he's out of the hospital and back with his wife and daughters. >> he didn't give up. i think the reason he survived was because of his own character and his will to live. he has a lot to live for. >> in addition to today's parade, he received a proclamation. his wife accepted on his behalf. he remains in isolation but he's home. >> well, today makes it official. we've been sheltering in place for one month. orders took place on march 1th. it's now april 17th. we've been sheltering in place for 32 gales. >> our world has changed in the past month clearly. we been documenting it of day. drone view 7 captured these haunting, eerie images. it's not just about the sights, it's also the sounds.

>> here's the sounds from the first month of our sheltering in place. >> we feel so appreciated and, i don't know, it just melts our heart. >> what kind of bear did you put in your window? >> a princess bear and a baby bare and a grown-up bear. >> i'm done. it like beit is so quiet out qut here. you can actually hear the birds. >> it's become a thing. every night at 8:00 during the stay-at-home order, a chance for neighbors to step outside and connect. >> i'm currently standing on an empty bart train.

whaso let's do the rightver chanthing, today.ow. let's stay at home. let's wash up. let's always keep our distance - please, six feet apart at least. let's look after ourselves, as well as others. it will all be worth it. we can all do our part. so those on the front line can do their part. and when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive.

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. first responders expressed their support and thanks to those on the front line of the pandemic. police officers and firefighters gave doctors and nurses and staffers a much-deserved round of applause. >> serving food as medicine. that's the driving model for the group filipinos feed the front t lines. the group is led by san francisco's cultivate labs. they've raised $40,000 in less than two weeks, they say. the badly needed funds, used to support health care workers, seniors, low-income families and

keep thinking >> 67% have less than two months' cash to survive the current crisis. >> in difficult times it's important to focus on people who make a difference and are building a better bay area, especially in this time of need. dan noyes put his investigations aside and followed a veteran who helped to provide that all important and styles elusive hand >> what we're doing is here

we're today. >> i'm andre. >> i'm andrew. >> they sold us below cost 250 gallons of hand sanitizer. >> as long as we have the supply, we're going to ten donating. >> donations are coming from a variety of people, active duty military, first responders. we have a blue star mother, who her husband passed away in december and she has donated the donations that were given at his funeral. we gave the we i'm the hospital ceo here at the v.a. palo alto health care system. >> we're bringing it directly to the v.a. hospital. >> was it getting low?

>> we're really trying to prep now for our surge. address those issues as needed. this actually helps us meet that need. > you have a towel here and foul here. >> jails brown is unbelievable. he's a marine that has never stopped serving. we take the oath of service when you joan the military and i think he joined when he was 17 and he's never broken that oath. >> the smith brothers tell dan that they have some hand sanitizer for the public starting next week. we're posting a link, if you're interested, in how you can help the wine company's efforts at abc7 news.com. >> and we invite you to show your congratulate feud for

everyone on the front lines of the covid-19 battle. we will share the love. there's a lot of love to share, ama, because so many people are doing so many wonderful things in this time of need. >> absolutely. and we love to see it. we also love to see a little rain. spencer christian has the only line on that. >> reporter: that's exactly what we're going to rain passing overby afternoon tomorrow, after some lingering morning clouds, we'll see mainly sunny skies. breezy at the coast. mid 60s around the bay shoreline to upper 60s to near 70 inland. here's a look at the accuweather forecast on monday, a few light

showers. they probably continues right on through the end of the week. by thursday, friday look for high temperatures in the sunny sky, mid 60 on the bay, made what do you have, larry? >> well, you know the biggest stars only need one name. you got magic, michael, kobe, larry? >> you now there is

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