but the virus isn't done with us. >> reporter: in san jose i'm amanda dulka's dealio, abc7 news. >>>pike in cases has volunteers scrambling to convert machines into ventilators. abc7 news reporter david louis shows us what they are doing. >> reporter: bay area volunteers mobilized in may to convert donated cpap machines into ventilators. donors provided 1000 of them which were modified and shipped overseas. they are gearing up again to get ahead of expectations of another way of sweeping across the globe. >> we have to help, it doesn't matter who needs the help, we will send machines and whatever help we can do for the countries. >> reporter: a call is going out for more donated machines. local volunteers would like to collect 3 to 4000 of them. a team of 10 volunteers can convert 40 machines in a four hour shift changing out hoses and cleaning filters. >> only getting oxygens to ■he patient sometimes is not sufficient so we need to do the oxygen with pressure. these machines help deliver the oxygen with pressure to the patient. >> reporter: negotiations are underway to shift the mac