abc 7 news reporter, chris wynn, explains many of those cases are in homeless shelters and long-term care facilities. >> reporter: as the bay area inches closer to mandatory restrictions under a regional stay-at-home order, santa clara county officials are urging all of us to do our part to reduce the spread of covid-19. >> it is more dangerous, right now, in our community than at any other point in the pandemic. >> reporter: with the focus on the number of available icu beds throughout the region, as well as that all-important 15% metric, county leaders are also raising concerns about an uptick in covid-19 cases in congregate settings, such as long-term care facilities, homeless shelters, and detention centers. >> each of us has a part to play in helping our neighbors, helping our families and loved ones, each other. >> reporter: over the past two weeks, at least 53 people at the reception center in san jose have tested positive for the virus. this is the first outbreak to hit a local shelter since the early stages of the pandemic. >> we increased air flow at all of our facilities.

abc 7 news reporter, chris wynn, with more on why they are speaking out, despite the fear of retaliation. >> reporter: at stanford hospital, friday morning, more than 100 medical residents and fellows banded together to make their voices heard. some of them work 80-hour weeks, and are often the first in line to treat patients with covid-19, including, in the emergency department, as well as the icu. but, ahead of the hospital's plan to begin vaccinating its workforce, this week, many were surprised to learn that they wouldn't be in the first wave. >> to not be offered a vaccine, when i am at the hospital, face timing from home, so they can see their patients and i am in the covid-positive room. and then, those attendings are offered the vaccine. it's very hurtful. >> reporter: so far, stanford has received at least 3,900 doses of the pfizer vaccine but demonstrators say only 7 out of more than 1,300 were given the chance to be vaccinated. their frustration stems from being told priority was given to some faculty who are working from home and have no inpatient responsibilities. >> there w

abc 7 news reporter chris wynn has more now from san jose. >> reporter: in santa clara county, an urgent plea to the public, stay home to save lives. >> this level of hospitalizations has never happened during my career. every day we see the seriousness of this disease. >> reporter: at st. louise regional hospital in gilroy, the icu has hit capacity and only 9% of beds overall all available. >> if the number of people with covid-19 continues to rise, very soon all our hospitals will be out of beds and we'll no longer be able to support each other. >> reporter: the latinx community has been hit the hardest representing more than half of all cases while being only a quarter of the county's population. health officials point to multigenerational housing as well as a larger number of service workers within this group as contributing factors. also of concern are the thousands of bay area residents who participated in nonessential travel over the holidays. the county is urging them to get tested during the second half of their mandatory ten day quarantine to account for the incubation period.

chris wynn shows us how. >> reporter: we know times are tough, but for those in the hospitality sectorhe first to go and we're probably going to be the last to come back. >> reporter: an extra layer of uncertainty in the heart of silicon valley. >> the mental stress of not being able to go to work, still having to pay bills, support your family and whatnot is very hard. it's very difficult. >> reporter: but in san jose the nonprofit organization hunger at home is providing a safety net for thousands of out of work families who would otherwise go hungry. many are connected to hotels and restaurants locally. >> i'm scared for the future. we are going to learn a lot after this pandemic, because before we working, we working and we never know what's going to come. >> reporter: hunger at home has given out food equal to 2.6 million meals since the start of the pandemic. >> it's amazing when community comes together and people helping people, community helping community. >> reporter: the organization relies on support from the public. laura cabral stopped by to see her company's donation put

abc 7 news reporter chris wynn shows us how. >> reporter: we know times are tough, but for those in ther -- >> we were the first to go and we're probably going to be the last to come back. >> reporter: an extra layer of uncertainty in the heart of silicon valley. >> the mental stress of not being able to go to work, still having to pay bills, support your family and whatnot is very hard. it's very difficult. >> reporter: but in san jose the nonprofit organization hunger at home is providing a safety net for thousands of out of work families who would otherwise go hungry. many are connected to hotels and restaurants locally. >> i'm scared for the future. we are going to learn a lot after this pandemic, because before we working, we working and we never know what's going to come. >> reporter: hunger at home has given out food equal to 2.6 million meals since the start of the pandemic. >> it's amazing when community comes together and people helping people, community helping community. >> reporter: the organization relies on support from the public. law lacabral from sandis civil engineeri

. >> reporter: in san jose, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> all in person sports and music camps through the semester are canceled after students attended parties during the thanksgiving break. officials say there are now at least three covid case and they're unable to trace all the students that were in the parties. >>> it's the only bay area county not in the more restrictive purple. abc 7 reporter wade freeman takes a look at why. >> reporter: at fitness sf in marin county they're watching the clock. as it ticks down work outs at the end of the hour everyone in this gym leaves. it's a by-product of remaining the only bay area county to remain in red instead of purple meaning people can still work indoors at 10% capacity. demand here is so high they have to roecycle the customers every hour. what you're looking at here are guidelines, essentially limitations for marin county still in the red. the county still has that status perhaps because it tests twice as many people as the state average. still, marin had 58 new cases yesterday. here's the county health director dr. matt willis. >> this