the director of the department of human services, trent roer, the director of homelessness and housing, abigail stuart khan. our police chief bill scott. thank you so much for joining us here today. we're here to provide an update and answer questions during our virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,954 reported covid-19 cases diagnosed in san francisco. and sadly with 35 people who have lost their lives. 71 people are currently hospitalized, and dr. colfax will continue to provide an update of where we are and why the need to continue the work we've done around sheltering in place is so important to continuing to maintain the curve. as a reminder, data sf.org/covid19 is our website so that you can access data or information that you may need regarding the numbers that we know exist around those who have been diagnosed, but also information by zip code as well as the number of tests and other valuable information that we've done. now last week we announced the next steps for gradually reopening san francisco, and i know that people are anxious to see our city reopen. i'm anx

the director of the department of human services, trent roer, the director of homelessness and housing, abigail stuart khan. our police chief bill scott. thank you so much for joining us here today. we're here to provide an update and answer questions during our virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,954 reported covid-19 cases diagnosed in san francisco. and sadly with 35 people who have lost their lives. 71 people are currently hospitalized, and dr. colfax will continue to provide an update of where we are and why the need to continue the work we've done around sheltering in place is so important to continuing to maintain the curve. as a reminder, data sf.org/covid19 is our website so that you can access data or information that you may need regarding the numbers that we know exist around those who have been diagnosed, but also information by zip code as well as the number of tests and other valuable information that we've done. now last week we announced the next steps for gradually reopening san francisco, and i know that people are anxious to see our city reopen. i'm anx

the director of the department of human services, trent roer, the director of homelessness and housing, abigail stuart khan. our police chief bill scott. thank you so much for joining us here today. we're here to provide an update and answer questions during our virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,954 reported covid-19 cases diagnosed in san francisco. and sadly with 35 people who have lost their lives. 71 people are currently hospitalized, and dr. colfax will continue to provide an update of where we are and why the need to continue the work we've done around sheltering in place is so important to continuing to maintain the curve. as a reminder, data sf.org/covid19 is our website so that you can access data or information that you may need regarding the numbers that we know exist around those who have been diagnosed, but also information by zip code as well as the number of tests and other valuable information that we've done. now last week we announced the next steps for gradually reopening san francisco, and i know that people are anxious to see our city reopen. i'm anx

the director of the department of human services, trent roer, the director of homelessness and housing, abigail stuart khan. our police chief bill scott. thank you so much for joining us here today. we're here to provide an update and answer questions during our virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,954 reported covid-19 cases diagnosed in san francisco. and sadly with 35 people who have lost their lives. 71 people are currently hospitalized, and dr. colfax will continue to provide an update of where we are and why the need to continue the work we've done around sheltering in place is so

trent roer and the department of human services and his team were able to renegotiate those contracts. so now those extra few hundred rooms that were supposed to be used for our front-line workers, and to be clear, we still have access to rooms for our front-line health care workers and public safety officials. those rooms will be used for people who need to isolate if they are covid positive. and we're talking about people who live in our single-room occupancy hotels who, if they contract the virus, they can't necessarily social distance themself in an sro if they are living there with their family, or someone who's homeless, or someone who lives in a congregate living setting, or anyone who lives with family where there's not the ability for them to self-quarantine. we have the opportunity to extend our hotel capacity to provide this as a resource to the people of san francisco. so this is really great, and i think we've come a long way. the challenges around covid-19 still remain as real today as they have been since we announced the first case, and i just want to, again, thank the

trent roer and the department of human services and his team were able to renegotiate those contracts those extra few hundred rooms that were supposed to be used for our front-line workers, and to be clear, we still have access to rooms for our front-line health care workers and public safety officials. those rooms will be used for people who need to isolate if they are covid positive. and we're talking about people who live in our single-room occupancy hotels who, if they contract the virus, they can't necessarily social distance themself in an sro if they are living there with their family, or someone who's homeless, or someone who lives in a congregate living setting, or anyone who lives with family where there's not the ability for them to self-quarantine. we have the opportunity to extend our hotel capacity to provide this as a resource to the people of san francisco. so this is really great, and i think we've come a long way. the challenges around covid-19 still remain as real today as they have been since we announced the first case, and i just want to, again, thank the public

the director of the department of human services, trent roer, the director of homelessness and housingtt. thank you so much for joining us here today. we're here to provide an update and answer questions during our virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,954 reported covid-19 cases diagnosed in san francisco. and sadly with

trent roer and the department of human services and his team were able to renegotiate those contracts those extra few hundred rooms that were supposed to be used for our front-line workers, and to be clear, we still have access to rooms for our front-line health care workers and public safety officials. those rooms will be used for people who need to isolate if they are covid positive. and we're talking about people who live in our single-room occupancy hotels who, if they contract the virus, they can't necessarily social distance themself in an sro if they are living there with their family, or someone who's homeless, or someone who lives in a congregate living setting, or anyone who lives with family where there's not the ability for them to self-quarantine. we have the opportunity to extend our hotel capacity to provide this as a resource to the people of san francisco. so this is really great, and i think we've come a long way. the challenges around covid-19 still remain as real today as they have been since we announced the first case, and i just want to, again, thank the public