dr. cody says we need more testing before the restrictions can be eased in the economy reopened. >> i love my job, it is my passion. have it go away overnight is really hard to sort out. >> we first spoke to him in early march as the outbreak sent economic ripple effect through the convention industry with cancellation after cancellation. he fears his industry will be slow to recover even after the emergency order is lifted. >> it is a silent killer, that is a hard part. we have asymptomatic people out there and we don't know who they are. the sheldon place order is designed to protect people's health. he worries about their emotional and financial well-being just as much. >> you get stir crazy sitting inside too much. you feel like you want to see people, you have not missed a hug so much. >> reporter: dr. cody is prescribing patience and the president's comments to the contrary, she will decide when it is safe to lift the restrictions. >> health officers in california have quite a bit of pow

dr. cody and the other health officers in the san francisco bay area acted faster and more decisively than anyone else in the country and as a result they did successfully, as they say, flatten the curve. and hospitals in the bay area did remain intact and not get overrun. now dr. cody and here colleagues are advancing understand of how coronavirus is spread in the u.s. they just figured out that the earliest known death was three weeks earlier than we previously knew anyone had died from it in the united states. joining us dr. sara cody. dr. cody, i imagine that talking on television is your least favorite part of your job. i really appreciate you doing it and being here tonight. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. >> i wanted to ask you about the clarity and decisiveness with which you and your colleagues in the bay area acted back in mid-march. i didn't know about the idea of shelter in place except for an active shooter situation. i didn't know that stay-at-home orders were within th

we're seeing some soft signs this is working. >> reporter: and dr. codyays it's too early to gf a set date when everything will he reopen. >> we're looking to experiences in other parts of the world that have already been through this, right? what worked and what didn't. >> reporter: now, we also asked do they know how many people have recovered so far, and she told us right now they're not able to track every person who becomes infected and recovers at home or in the hospital. live in san jose, promising news. people social distancing and it appears to be working. >>> let's take a look nationwide. it's a different story. this map created by johns hopkins university shows rates from last week to the end of march. you can see where the problem spots are. t now look at this up dated map from today. more cases overall but the same trend. the west coast faring better than the rest of the country. overall we have more than 330,000 cases nationwide. the death toll more than 10,000. take a look at the latest numbers in the bay area. tonight we are more than 3,70

dr. codyhe other health officers in the san francisco bay area acted faster and more desizively than anyone else in the country and as a result, they did successfully, as they say, flatten the curve. and hospitals in the bay area did remain intact, an not get overrun. now, dr. cody and her colleagues are continuing to advance our national understanding of how coronavirus has spread in the u.s., and just figured out that the earliest known death from the virus in this country was in santa clara county, three weeks earlier than we previously knew anyone had died from it, in the united states. joining us now is dr. sara cody, public health officer for santa clara county and the great state of california. dr. cody, i imagine that talking on television is the least, your least favorite part of your job. i really appreciate you doing it and being here tonight. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. >> i wanted to ask you about the clarity and decisiveness with which you and your colleagues in the

dr. sara cody will speak. we'll listen in for just a bit. >> how would businesses and activities likely pose a lower risk of covid-19, especially with strict social distancing. so many categories will not be allowed to resume. there are a number of other changes as well. and i'm happy to answer questio questions. i do want to remind everyone up front, though, we must all abide by both local health orders and the state health orders. that means whichever is stricter, controls. in some cases that's the local order. but in other cases that is the state order. and the state order does continue to impose limitations on certain activities that the new order might otherwise allow. and so it is important that we adhere to the stricter restrictions. i want to turn it over to dr. sara cody from our county health office. >> thank you, james, and good morning, everyone. again, my name is dr. sara cody, public health officer for santa clara county. along with fellow health officers across the bay area, today i'm here to de

thanks, dr. cody. >> thank you so much. >> all right, so, that was our interview with dr. cody, who is sort of the dr. fauci of the bay area. we can feel really proud that she and so many of other health officials raised the alarm early and the bay area was the first region in the country to enact the shelter in place orders. as you heard her say, she said taking action early gives us an advantage, it gave us an advantage in slowing things down. there was a point, we we seeing the same number of cases in the new york area and the bay area, we've seen what happens in new york. so far, the bay area hasn't gotten there yet. it was good to hear from her on that front and many other fronts, sort of a grim forecast there. we're going to take a break, for those of you watching on air. when we come back, we break down the new fda approved test and we won't go away on our livestream, could another come aroundot, the corner. or could it play out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe b

dr. sara cody. one of the very first in the entire country now in a wide-ranging interview she praised the coordination among bay area health officials. she said the early action made the difference. she believes without a vaccine in place, our best tools is to shelter in place. many are ready to return to life and kids want to get back to school, but dr. cody reminded us this is a marathon and not a sprint. >>ne >> this is a marathon, and we have to keep ourselves nourished somehow, and we have to be at this for a very long time. >> dr. cody would not specific as to how long she meant by a very long time, but she admitted there was a lot of uncertainty ahead whether it's looking a month or six month out from where we are now. she also would not promise that school would be back in session come the fall, in just a few months, but she did say our social distancing efforts do appear to be working so we need to stick with it. for now reporting live in san jose this morning, julian glover, abc 7 news. >

dr. cody says she expects the pandemic to continue for a while, and if we let up on the things we are doing now. social distancing, sanitizing. sawing home when you are sick. she says there could be a resurgence of the virus. in san jose, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> tomb is now 4:10 u. let's talk about your weather. i don't think pam or any of us would complain about yesterday's weather? what about today? >> probably not. >> what do you think? >> people always complained about the weather. >> of course. >> we can never win completely. it will be warmer inland. the tall end of that front yesterday brought the fog badid some low clouds around. northwest not much of awe breeze. san jose looking for a high today of 80 defrees under mostly sun gnu skies. upper 70s. but might be a little longer. that system is still driving across a lot of low clouds. a couple of high clouds. boy, is it mild? look at brentwood, 55. fairfield, 58. if freemont is 57. there is still a south wind. santa rosa and napa. fairfie

it's really, really, early. >> reporter: dr. cody says now is not the time to ease the restrictions, in fact they're going in the other direction, tightening them down. but it begs the question about enforcement. who's going to force the new laws? so far it's largely been the honor system, but we'll look into that topic tonight at 6:00. in san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. >> we'll look for that. thanks so much. >>> santa clara county said its hospitals are still operating well under capacity, but it is bracing for the inevitable surge. the county is treating nearly 250 confirmed or suspected cases at its 11 hospitals. about a third of its 600 ventilators are currently in use, and of the county's 300 total icu beds, 56 are currently occupied by covid-19 patients. >> at this point, we're not near capacity, but we're getting prepared for capacity. at some point, the water balloon does break. so our job right now is to get as many resources and as many chspace in our hospital and health system as possible. >> a veteran santa rosa police d

yesterday they received the confirmatory test results. >> and dr. cody said if she could have confirmed that covid- 19 was in this community in early february, she would have issued those stay at home health orders a lot sooner than she did. as it was, those orders, throughout the bay area did not take effect until march 17th. reporting live in san jose, kpix 5. >> overall deaths jumped 20% in march compared to the same time last year. the data does include deaths from the coronavirus and other accidents like heart disease, diabetes. exerts say they need more study and it may be more widespread than previously thought. santa clara county has six more, for a total of 94. it has the most cases in the bay area, close to 2,000. san francisco has more than 1200 cases within the ten townties, 238 people have died >> masks or official covers are required in six bay counties. san francisco, san ma tate toe, alameda, contra costa and linn counties. in santa clara county officials are strongly recommending people wear masks, but have not mandated it. county offici

what worked and what didn't. >> reporter: we also asked dr. cody do you know how many people have recovered from covid-19? she says right now they're not able to track every person who becomes infected and recovers at home or in the hospital. reporting live here in the east bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> interesting to see if we can track that as we go down the road. thank you, bob. >>> a follow-up on how well communities are social distancing. the online social distancing scoreboard rates states and counties with letter g ranging from a to f measuring a number of travel factors from cell phone data, the national overall -- the nation, i should say, earning a d. california earning a c, being linked to rural areas. people in hawaii rate an a with those in connecticut and washington, d.c., earning a-minuses. >>> a possible glimmer of hope in the epicenter of the virus. new york hospitals are still overloaded this morning. the city is reporting 266 new deaths bringing that total to more than 2,700. leaders are hopeful that they're seeing a f

dr. cody said it's largely because people are staying home.ut county leaders warn that we aren't out of the woods yet. >> all of your viewers are doing their very best to make sure they don't get sick and they don't get anyone else sick. so what we want to be able to say is here are the things that you're doing that are working and here's what we're still working on. >> reporter: supervisor chavez says among the things they're still working on is getting more ventilators at local hospitals and expanding testing. >>> take a look at the rate at which cases increased per day in santa clara county. there's the graph there. from march 29th to march 30th, there was an increase of 202 cases. that's the far left of your screen there. but then look at the very next day. march 31st, 331 there, an increase of just 42 cases for that day. and for the whole week, the increase stayed below 75 cases. >>> only on nbc bay area, state investigators tonight raided three different locations in alameda county, seizing stockpiles of medical masks. these are the n95

on march 16th dr. cody led the charge to order people to stay home to slow the spread of the virus locally, across six counties. >> these orders were crafted with great thought and with great care. they're also crafted very, very quickly. >> the state of california followed with its own order three days later. >> we're entering our fourth week sheltering in place here in the bay area, why is a surge still continue expected to come if we've been sheltering in place this long? >> everyone in our community is likely susceptible. in other words, if exposed to the virus would become infected. and so when you have conditions like this we expect a surge. >> the bay area's early adoption of shelter in place rules have since led to a slowing in infections, a possible bending of the curve we keep hearing about, over 3,700 cases have been reported in the bay area, new york city waited six days to take the same measures. today they have more than 65,000 cases. >> while we're not out of the woods, i am cautiously optimi

in san jose, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> like dr. cody was saying, we made a difference but we still have to keep doing what we're doing. >> reporter: you got it. >> thanks, kris. >>> in the bay area there are now more than 3,760 cases and 97 deaths. alameda county has half that amount. >>> some people are not listening to the stay-at-home order. deputies gave out 15 written warnings in san mateo, all to people on the coast. >>> peninsula leaders are expected to take emergency action to help small businesses hurt by the covid-19 outbreak. nbc bay area's bob redell is live for us from his home in the east bay. bob, what is san mateo county considering here? >> reporter: marcus, they've temporarily suspended their in-person public meetings to maintain social distance. what they're about to consider is a temporary moratorium on the eviction of small business owners in the unincorporated part of the county who can't pay their rent because of the covid-19 outbreak. now, this would apply to small business owners who grossed there's been $2.5 mi

we have ten minutes with dr. cody, but that's a lifetime considering she is in high demand. >> thank you, damion. >> an update on the outbreak of an east bay nursing home. one person has died and 48 others have tested positive. the health department confirms 27 patients and 22 staff members. all patients and the entire staff were tested after two caretakers showed symptoms. the two people who died had been in hospice care. public health is now testing at two other senior care facilities in the county. the san jose fire department continues to be hit hard, 15 firefighters have now tested positive for the virus. two have recovered. we first told you that a san jose firefighter had contracted covid-19, that forced the department to send dozen of firefighters home to self-quarantine with their families. a cluster of 15 confirmed cases is the largest among bay area first responders. we're looking at infection rates across the bay area, none comes close to san jose, oakland fire has confirmed cases and three firefighters in

dr. cody told her that we're all susceptible to getting covid-19. >> do that mean you expect somebody at some point is going to be infected? >> well, yes, probably at some point. of course, the -- what we're waiting for, but it's quite a long ways off, is a vaccine. and so absent a vaccine, and accept a treatment, what we're using are called npis or northern pharmaceutical interventions, and our best tool right now is the shelter in place order. >> why is santa clara county not releasing where the cases are within the county so people can avoid those certain areas? >> so we want to be offering to the public and everyone as much information as we have. we also want to make sure that we are offering information in a way that's useful. so we will have information out very soon on geography. but i want to say, and this is really important, what we know now from all the signals that we see, is that this coronavirus is very widespread in the county of santa clara. it's everywhere. >> and larry, you

care for us when we need them and the sooner we stay in our homes, the better we adhere to what dr. cody is asking us, really not asking us but demanding us to do, the more lives we are going to save and the sooner, i think, we're going to be back to our old lives again. >>> will start seeing patients monday. that will free up hospital beds for a projected influx of patients. additionally, 500 ventilator units are headed to this county. right now, there are 152 covd- 19 patients who are in various icu units around the county. lastly, county officials will do briefings every day. in san jose, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> a veteran santa rosa police detective has died after testing pots tiff for the corona virus. detective marylou armour who livered in the canyon was among eight police officers who tested positive for the virus. she was a 20-year police department veteran who most recently was assigned to the domestic violence, sexual assault team. detective armour was the first person who livered in napa county to die from the corona virus and the memorial is growing. flags at halfstaff. >> he t

tuesday morning dr. cody shared three factors that could lead to a loosening of the shelter-in-place order. >> we really need to understand our lab testing capacity, our ppe supply, as well as our staffing and resources for case and contact investigations. >> the county recently issued an order for businesses and individuals with large inventories of ppe to report their numbers by april 15th so that officials can have a better understanding of what can be sourced locally. as for testing, public and private labs are now required to report all results back to the county, not just positive cases. >> by sifting through our data is to understand are there populations at greater risk, and are there places or communities in our county where the virus is circulating and amplifying more quickly than in other places. that's really the key question. >> this comes as the economy takes a beating because of the novel coronavirus crisis. >> the challenge of getting more of silicon valley, more of santa clara county back to

there are a couple instances in which that is flexible but most of them are prohibited and dr. cody from santa clara county public health says the reason is because we can't let up now. >> we must continue to do our part to slow the spread of disease to ensure that our essential services remain open, most especially our hospitals and health care facilities. >> reporter: so parents are bracing for distance learning to potentially continue through the end of the school year and the district attorney for santa clara is warning that any nonessential business still in operation will be investigated. this is now in effect for seven bay area counties. so the rule will apply no matter where you go, though you are really supposed to be sheltering at home. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >>> grim numbers are putting into perspective the possible fate of the pandemic in the bay area within the coming months. contra costa county's top health officer telling the mercury news 14,000 people could die this year in contra costa county alone. keep in mind this is the worst case scenari

. >> dr. cody says the county is figuring out how to increase its investigation staff to interview covid-19 patients and find people they have been in contact with. >>> some states are taking a big step forward to reopen their economies. jobina fortson at the live desk with the businesses y. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. good morning. georgia is taking the biggest plunge despite reporting 400 new cases of coronavirus just this week. the governor is allowing places like nail salons, hair salons, gyms, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys to reopen. business owners say they're taking extra safety precautions for social distancing, but not everyone is convinced that georgia is ready. president trump thinks georgia's governor is moving too quickly. >> i said, you do what you think is best. but if you ask me am i happy about it? i'm not happy about it. >> other states are making moves to reopen, oklahoma is allowing hair salons and spas to operate starting today. tennessee plans to start letting restaurant

dr. sara cody says her office will be monitoring cases to see if the reduced restrictions leads to a surge. >> our goal is to carefully chart a course forward that is overall most health protective and we need to balance the health risks of covid-19 with the health risks of shelter in place. >> in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> she mentioned it briefly, we will expand on, it and look closely at the indicators bay area counties are using when they decide what can reopen and when. first, they need a decrease in cases. also, fewer hospitalizations. enough ppe. enough testing. and the capacity to monitor new cases and do contact tracing. >>> as governor newsom said today, the data is guiding his decision. the latest data from santa clara county. we are flattening the curve, you can see the total cases here, reported, increased significantly, a big rise here, all the way up, from march, through early april. but since mid april, the cases have slowly increased, and almost flattened out at 2,000 reported cases. here's another look now. this time, the new cases, a lot of spikes un

dr. cody told me that although the numbers appear to be leveling off, we are still not out of the woods. >> we still don't have widespread testing. >> this is what the new normal looks like. today's interview done remotely, over the computer, from the back of my pick-up truck. we started with a question on the top of everyone's list? >> have we bent the curve, doctor? >> i don't think we peaked. what i can tell you is that we have slowed things down. so for example, it you look at the beginning, like right around where we put the shelter in place order, the curve, it was growing fast, right? it was, the numbers were going up quite a bit every day, and now that we've had that order in place, for more than two weeks, what you can see is that the growth has slowed. so we're still growing but we're not growing as fast. >> so what will be your bench mark? what you are looking at when you start opening a door, if you will, and allowing people to start normalizing every day life. >> this is a really,

. >> reporter: later asking dr. cody about the nation's first shelter at home order. >> it just became clear that we either acted now and created a lot of social and economic disruption, or we acted later and still created a lot of social and check disruption but didn't get the benefit of the early action. >> reporter: now looking forward as the curve is bent, what will happen? napa county, which has a low number of cases, has opened up golf, construction, and real estate dealings with social distancing. other counties can do the same thing if it doesn't preempt the state order. but political analyst larry gersten says it will be tricky. >> logic would suggest that before local government does something untoward, something other than what the governor has laid out, that someone in that authority will contact the governor's office. we'd like to do this. can we do this? >> reporter: newsom added he'll give more guidance in the coming days. in san jose, ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> a live look now at capitol hill where

first death was, the doctors saying, the first coronavirus death was thought to be march 9th but dr. cody saying today it was a 57-year-old woman who died on february 6th and a 69-year-old man who died on february 17th. they are the earliest known victims. now, are these two cases, they're probably the tip of the iceberg. >> what these deaths tell us is that we had community transmission probably to a significant degree far earlier than we had known. >> these cases might explain why santa clara county has had more cases of covid-19 than other counties and areas, because it likely landed here first. now, let's bring in, from san francisco, researcher jessica rivera, who has been with us for the last several weeks as we go through all of this. she is a microbiologist. jessica, let's talk about this. what does this mean, this revelation, last night, and today, how does this really change the narrative of the disease here in the bay area? >> this is a really important piece of the time line pufzzle, in many way it confirmed the suspicions we had that community spread was going undetected and

we're seeing some signs this is working. >> reporter: we also asked dr. codyo you know how many people have recovered from covid-19? she says right now they're not able to track every person who becomes infected and recovers at home or in the hospital. reporting live here in the east bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob, thank you. >>> a possible glimmer of hope in the epicenter of the virus despite new york hospitals still being overloaded this morning. the city reporting 266 new deaths bringing that total to more than 2,700. city leaders are hopeful that they are seeing a flattening of the curve and the number of deaths and new cases, but it's really still too early to know for sure. there's also more help for patients looking with more allowed on the navy's "usns comfort" hospital ship. governor cuomo is doubling the fine for not social distancing to $1,000. >>> about the only thing known so far about the new health corps set up a lot of people are signing up for it. governor newsom actually set up the health corps in our state last week a

we're seeing signs this is working. >> reporter: we asked dr. codyyou know how many people have recovered? she says right now they're not able to track every person who becomes infected and recovers at home or in the hospital. reporting live here in the east bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob, thank you. >>> 6:36 this morning. and the pandemic is really having an impact on many things including our legal system. here to talk to me about those changes this morning santa clara county is making amid the outbreak is district attorney jeff rosen. d.a. rosen, thank you for joining us again on "today in the bay." >> happy to spend the morning with you. >> last hour we talked to you about the psa your office is doing. now i want to talk about the new law that is went into effect immediately yesterday dealing statewide. this is the bail elimination for low level cases, also the hearings being held remotely. do you think this was a smart move? >> yes, i do. we're trying on the one hand to protect public safety which we're doing by continuin

dr. cody says shelter in place and social-distancing are working. she wants the danger is not over. >> if we let up what we will see is a resurgence in cases. this has been the experience in other parts of the world and we have been watching this pattern carefully. >> the health department says it is very important to stay home. but if you do go out, wear some type of covering over your face. >>> and here are the latest coronavirus numbers from johns hopkins university. here in the bay area, 5658 people have tested positive for the virus. 169 people have died. there are 27,000 cases here in california. 890 people have died. united states has 640,000 cases . third 1000 people. have died. >>> well, the city of san francisco is watching what they are calling a contact tracing system and that is going to help them track the spread of the coronavirus. the group of city employees has been working on this with ucsf to monitor the disease and alert anyone who came in contact with people who tested pos

dr. cody reiterated these are only estimates. ama? >>> just minutes ago, larry, the head of california schools talked about the new way students will learn now that schools will likely remain closed through the remainder of the academic year. state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond called this time the biggest challenge schools have ever faced. he urged companies and people to donate laptops to help students, and said the state plans to give out 150s,000 devices to students. thurmond said every week the state is providing training on distance learning. >> this is not easy, but our kids are worth it. and it can be done. the california department of education is providing standards and guidance. >> thurmond also said high school seniors will be able to graduate on the campus of their school, but he didn't give any details as to how that would actually happen. >>> students at san francisco public schools will begin interactive teacher-led learning beginning on monday. the district posted this tweet today informing people

i mean, i was listening to dr. codynd thinking that it's not only santa clara county that probably has this severe under count, and cases much earlier than we previously thought. there are probably epicenters all around the country that have yet to recognize that they have an outbreak on their hands or they could have an outbreak on their hands, that community spread was likely happening much longer than they realized. this is why we need testing because otherwise we don't have the data to make decisions. and if we're talking about reopening, we would also be making decisions just blindly without being led by science and evidence. >> sanjay, this question from a viewer was sent to us, punkaj in california. let's take a look. >> thank you for taking my question. i thought i was reading on your website a few of the answers contradicted each other. for example, if i touch an infected surface and i touch my mouth i could get coronavirus. at the same time you say if i eat contaminated food, i will still be fine because the f

. >> when dr. cody let us know about the finding, it echoed the sentiment.e did intervene and we did. and have been circulating longer than we thought. i think we had speculations in discussion. this was the first real evidence. again i'm very grateful that we were able to work together and intervene quickly and early and we have seen some really good outcomes. >> the u.s. reached a grim milestone, 50,000 deaths due to the coronavirus. california had its deadliest day this week. what does that say about where we are in terms of perhaps reaching the surge or peak when it comes to battling the virus. the tragic thing, we reach that milestone so quickly. there were very few recorded deaths. we were really seeing this search just in march which was last month. without 2000 deaths per day, that is a staggering amount. even though there are areas of the country that like new york city seem to be past their initial search,, the numbers are at a plateau in those areas. it is not like they're coming down as rapidly as they went up. hospitals are still full and still

be gradual and in consultation with what the medical experts tell us we know in silicon valley, dr. cody ordered a shelter in place on march 16th the first in the country six counties did as a result, ours have been much many fewer than what they could have been. in fact the former cdc director said that new york would have had 80% fewer deaths if they had sheltered in place when dr. cody did in santa clara, so i want to make sure we don't have a reemergence and that we defer to the medical experts. >> all the medical experts said testing, testing, testing. we need to see accurate tests and see them happening on a much broader scale. virus tests and antibody tests it feels like the government is trying to do this and the private sector where's congress on this why don't we eem to have any sort of federal strategy, an organization, around testing in this country >> very fair question. first of all, should have taken the tests this world health organization offered that would have gotten us off to a better start second, we have fundamentally underinvested in public health in this country.

dr. codyre continuing to investigate any trends for the infection rate there is the county. >> we do not want to slip back. we have made the progress and settled things down. we need to settle them down more. i think that's why if we just lifted the shelter in place, we would be back where we were very quickly. >> a new report from the sensors for the disease control say that is 20% of the cases are in health care workers. they say that the study say that is the health care workers tend to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients. they make it clear that the workers are exposed to higher cons traces more frequently than the shift, and that puts them at greater risks. last week the cdc reported that there was 15,000 coronavirus case pheres the u.s. and about 9,000 of them or 19% were health care workers. 27 health care workers in the u.s. have died from the coronavirus since the pandemic began. reporting live with ktvu fox 2 news. >> all right. time is 5:47. having fewer inmates in th

>> i do want to say that i think dr. codynd other public health officers did the right thing and the brave thing by getting us to shelter in place. i want to thank all the viewers that are doing that because it definitely has allowed us to flatten the curve enough to make sure we have the healthcare response we need to be able to treat every person.>> let's talk about ventilators, i know that da silva county is putting out an urgent call for ventilators. where do they stand right now with the number of ventilators the county has and the efforts to apply for more? >> here is the good news, the good news is that we have about 600 ventilators countywide. about 400 of them are available for any of the people who are already ill or become ill. the reason we are trying to increase to thousand is we know we have the surge capacity in our beds to be able to grow our health system so that we have more intensive care unit if we need them. the reason we want those ventilators is to make sure that every person who needs one has access to

dr. cody expects the pandemic to continue for a while. if we let up on the things if we're doing now like social security distancing, staying home when you're sick, there can be a resir janz of the virus. >> thank you. >>> the time is 5:10. we have steve backurgence of the virus. >> thank you. >>> the time is 5:10. we have steve back pam, how are the allergies? >> well, it's beautiful and everything is in bloom, but i am having to kick up the allergy meds for sure. >> yeah it's the tree. the trees are very high. the grass as well. the rain in april sent things through the roof. i thought that we would look at what is going on. the lows are coming out of the great lake and out of the four corners. now, remember they do not have a lot of moisture to work with there. there's a lot of cold air and then they hit in to kansas and oklahoma and texas. well, what happens then is that there's a low level around 5,000 feet coming in from the gulf. the gulf has a lot of warm air what is that going to do? it wants to rise. that's a recipe for the syst

.>> dr. cody acknowledged that stay-at-home orders are having adverse effects financially and socially but at this time it is the best line of defense to stop the spread of the virus. >> governor newsom said his outline for when the steak and get back to business is to slowly change our view on the covid-19 issue until more optimistic a phase of the pandemic. to talk more about today's development is an internal medicine physician. let's start with this, why didn't the governor actually set a date for when we can lift the current stay-at-home order? >> i think he hasn't set a date because there is not a date. if he had a date he would've told all of us by now, but things change continuously as we've all seen, and in order to open up the economy we need to make sure we are fully prepared, and being fully prepared will take a lot of planning, and that is what we are currently doing in the state. >> so i guess the next natural question is what do we need to do before we can actually loosen the curren

dr. codyays shelter in place and social distancing are working but once the danger is not over. >> if we let up, what we will see is a resurgence in cases, this is been the berrien center the parts of the world and we have been watching the pattern carefully . >>> the health department says it's important that you stay home but, if you do go out, have your face covered . >> they also said that 76 coronavirus patients in santa clara county are now in intensive care . >>> your the latest numbers on coronavirus cases according to johns hopkins university. the bay area reports 5658 cases the 169 people have died. california reports 27,000 cases 890 people have died. >>> 640 cases are reported and 31,000 people have died . >>> a family in brentwood is scared and frustrated after a man with a machete was caught on camera at their home but the police later let him go. the family was awakened early saturday morning the suspect showed up outside their home and set off their along they called the later

dr. sarah cody spoke with jesse gary about the effort and what lies ahead. >> reporter: and age of socialtancing and shelter in place, this is how dr. sarah cody conducts one-on-one interviews, via in app, she on one side of the screen and i'm on the other. much more than 6 feet apart. >> this is the best way, this is part of the new normal that we are adjusting to, communicating like this. >> reporter: the past three weeks of mandating people staying in their homes resulting in a ghost town look and feel is producing tangible results. >> we are beginning to see some soft signs that our shelter in place order is protecting our healthcare system. the number of new cases per day is, you know, it is bouncing around a little bit but it is not zooming up. >> reporter: the rate of increase is slowing, but has not started a downward tilt. thus far, 11% of the people tested in santa clara county have tested positive for the coronavirus. most are between the ages of 31 and 60 years of age, split almost evenly between men and women. there is still a danger of infection for anyone who ventures outsi

. >> dr. codys the county is figuring out how to increase investigation staff to interview covid-19 patients and find people they have been in contact with. >>> a section of san francisco's mission district will become one of the first communities in the world to try and test every single person starting tomorrow. the mission has the city's densest amount of cases when it comes to covid-19. ucsf is leading this effort with a goal of testing more than 5,000 people in one area of the mission. they want to learn more about designated area whether gh a s they have symptoms or not. they will also under go antibody testing which can reveal past exposure. volunteers went door to door letting people know about this. >> it's positive, it's helpful. we can make sure they get care if they're sick. we can admit them to the hospital for the care. >> the mission district testing will take place at four sites garfield park, ninos unidos park, flynn elementary and cesar chavez elementary. >> oakland is expanding i

now, dr. cody with santa clara county did say they are going to keep an eye on some of the modifications that they have just announced on monday going forward. if there appears to be any setbacks or uptick in any covid 19 cases, thaw may have to revise them. however, she did say that she remains optimist you can and other health officers as well are opt must you can they can ease some of these restrictions and still keep the community saw so we'll have to wait and see. reporting live, ktvu, fox 2 news. >> yeah. baby steps, no doubt. but monday is deaf nuttily one of the bigger steps we are going to see here recently. thank you for that. >>> e idea that the next academ year for schools across the cou late july. 24 hours later, schools reacting to that suggestion. ktvu has the story. >> a lot of parents, students, and educators are eager to get back in the classroom. but many didn't expect the governor to suggest it could happen soon. it is not official, but it got a lot of people talking, a possible

dr. sara cody warned we're not out of the woods and more testing needs to be done before restrictions can be eased and the economy reopened. >> new york city mayor bill deblasio is rejecting the idea of following oakland's heed in closing off miles of city streets to cars, to give people more outdoor space to spread out. at a press conference today, he asked his police and transportation departments to analyze the idea before dispolicing it as tec. a lack o barricades but oakland is installing signage and barricades over a three week role out period that began this weekend. 74,000 miles of streets are off limits to through traffic. health care workers received equipment ppe today. protective the sup miyes were donated by china based companies and the chinese consulate to help in the fight against the pandemic. the chinese general wants to do everything he can to contain the spread of the virus and says one way to help is for communities to come together. >> it's time for solidarity. it's not a time for retribution. it's not a time for stigmatization. if we want to defeat the virus, we mus

dr. sara cody says there is a danger of infection for anyone who ventures outside and comes into contact with others. recent numbers show most of the confirmed cases in santa clara county include people between the ages of 31 and 60. >>> seton medical center and daly city will roof steve hundreds of pieces of personal protective equipment from the city, they have been designated to receive coronavirus patients under an arrangement both the state of california and verity health system which owns a hospital, the daly city mayor's show produced 500 gallons, 750 gloves and 100 masks.>> the city has decided to scrounge up all of the personal protective equipment and the other stuff that the folks here at seton hospital can use.>> last week in san mateo county made his own contribution to seton and donated 12,000 masks +1200 goggles from its emergency stockpile. >>> it is 4:19 am and let's talk about the weather, pam and steve are back and steve have a repeat of what most of us on the bay area?>> nothing of that intensity pam and dave but we will have some shot activity just not as much of yes

dr. sara cody talking about how social distancing may have helped us slow the coronavirus. >> seems like this one, an empty jack london square in oakland during the lunch hour will be the norm for several new weeks. drone news 7 went up to catch a glimpse. not only has the shelter-in-place order been restricted. dog parks, play grounds and picnics will be off tennis. any game where people share a ball will be limited to players in the same household. and most construction projects, both residential and commercial, will need to stop. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. for more on the new restrictions, let's get right to abc7 news chris wynn, live in san jose, chris. >> dan, tonight as the bay area settles in for another week of sheltering in place, local officials say that more cooperation is needed from the public to help reduce the spread. >> as the bay area battles the novel coronavirus crisis, local leaders came together this afternoon to share a somber, yet important message. >> it's very often hard to measure the result of a good deed. your good deed, your sacrifice, yur civic

dr. sarah cody, dr.cott murrow has not been as available to the media, sticking mostly to sending out letters to the community on their website. >> i can't tell the health officer what to do, but what i do is i make sure that we're using social media, that we're reaching out to the press, because people desire this information. >> those who are managing this site agree. this media tour a way of being open with the public and also asking for their support. >> this is a different type of war for us, and that is our generation's challenge. >> in san mateo, kris reyes for abc7 news. >>> at the santa clara fairgrounds, dozens of cots and other supplies arrived today. the grounds are being turned into a makeshift shelter for the homeless. this will provide them with a space where they can practice social distancing. >> we're serving all homeless individuals who might not fall into the risk categories or vulnerable adults or those who are not able to get into some of the shelter because of the capacity, they ha

dr. sarah cody says that even though cases early on, santa clara county has less than 5% of the total cases reported in the entire state. >>> let's take a live look in san francisco now. be prepared to be watched more closely for social distancing. today police chief bill scott said officers will be more strict when it comes to enforcement. that could mean more citations for not properly socially distancing and not wearing a mask. >> so we're going to be out and about moving forward as we have been, but we're going to step it up a notch. >> so far sfpd has issued 19 citations, 10 to businesses and 9 to individuals. >>> new at 11:00, another major blow to san francisco. dream force, scheduled for november, has been canceled. salesforce, which hosts the annual event, making the announcement today. dreamforce brings in nearly 200,000 people to the city each year, making it one of san francisco's largest business conventions. salesforce says it will reimburse companies for sponsorships and passes already purchased but will not refund people for flight reservations or hotel bookings. >>> the san

dr. sarah cody, dr.cott murrow has not been as available to the media, sticking mostly to sending out letters to the community on their website. >> i can't tell the health officer what to do, but what i do is i make sure that we're using social media, that we're reaching out to the press, because people desire this information. >> those who are managing this site agree. this media tour a way of being open with the public and also asking for their support. >> this is a different type of war for us, and that is our generation's challenge. >> in san mateo, kris reyes for abc7 news. >> and medical workers across the country have been pleading for more protective equipment. today in san jose, nurses protested outside of two hospital, asking for more masks. abc7 news reporter julian gl >> i haven't kind of like kissed or hugged my daughter for three weeks. i go home, shower, go to the room. it's really hard. >> it's that mix of heartache, fear of the unknown and frustration that led a group of roughly a dozen

dr. sara cody told me although they highly recommend using face coverage, they didn't see the county makingndatory. now this order will remain in effect until the end of this health emergency. we're live in milpitas. i'm damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >>> a new push to test everyone living in living facilities. according to "the examiner" the city has the ability to carry out 4 dmshgs 300 test as day but a only conducting around and. the director of infectious disease prevention shows the goal is to conduct 3,500 a day because of improvements in supply issues. california is bracing for billions in losses. a nonprofit is forecasting the 500 cities will lose $7 billion. a prediction of a 60% revenue loss possibly resulting in layoffs and cuts in services. >>> we know there are so many new hurdles for families across the bay area and for one gilroy family they've experienced a lot of heartache, losing their grandfather to covid-19 last month. and now the granddaughter who was supposed to walk in her graduation ceremonies can't do that as she's practicing social distancing like so many fr

dr. sarah cody, the director of the healta and pg&e has promised to bubbles at this price?al. believe me. i mean, this is unexpected. you would say, remarkable? absolutely. deal!thks, i get that. ♪grocrey outlet jingle wow... i think i'll take two. for the love! oh. our retirement plan with voya gives us confidence. yeah, they help us with achievable steps along the way... ...so we can spend a bit now, knowing we're prepared for the future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. oooh, well... i'm good at my condo. oh. i love her condo. nana throws the best parties. well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. safety is abc7 news. >>> now at 6:00, the number of coronavirus keeps rising. the economic strain it's having on renters in one bay area setting. >>> i am cautiously optimistic. >> santa clara county's hub health officer, one-on-one with abc7 news. she's sharing her thoughts on the health care system and the shelter in place and the pandemic itself. it's tuesday, april 7th. >> that means we are ente

dr. sarah cody says the county has done a very good job flattening the curve and has less than 5% of the total cases reported in california. >>> the drug has been tested for months and today the biggest evidence yet that it works at helps patients recover faster from the coronavirus. our jessica aguirre is working from home with details about this break through with the drug, developed by scientists in foster city. jessica? >> that drug is called remdesivir, and it's shorten -- it has a shortened recovery rate, better survival rate and blocks an enzyme in the coronavirus. it's being hailed by the white house as a significant milestone. and they say it is probably the most effective anti-viral drug they have right now in treating covid-19. let's talk to you about those clinical trials done by gilead sciences out of foster city, which created this drug. it was originally made to treat ebola. 1,000 patients from multiple places around the world took part in the study. they either received remdesivir or a placebo. those who got the drug were able to leave the hospital 11 days on average, ins