Schools officials today as coronavirus cases continue to climb at home and beyond here are the latest numbers tonight, globally there are now more than 930,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and over 46,000 people have died. The United States leads the world in the number of cases with over 213,4700 people in our country have died in california. There are more than 9,000 cases and almost 200 people have died. This according to the Johns Hopkins university tracker map. The ongoing outbreak is forcing state education officials to prepare kids across california to Distance Learning for the rest of the school year. Capitol Bureau ReporterAshley Zavala explains how google is helping students finish out the hool year from home. The coronavirus will likely keep california schools shuttered for the rest of the school year state leaders announced wednesday Officials Say districts across the state have either already or will be launching formal Distance Learning plans screen that is not out for the year in fact. Were asking everyone to accelerate their efforts to make sure that our students get a great education governor gavin newse announced ogle is stepping in to help set up 10s of thousands of wi fi hotspots to provide internet and thousands of chromebooks for free for a minimum of 3 months we need more googles. We still have a little bit more coverage that were going to need. Education Officials Say about 20 of California Kids dont have access to the internet or the devices to get them online they say googles effort will help take care of more than half of that number im hopeful that job by the time we resume. School instruction we will in fact have a. A close that digital gap and good talked a lot of ople both kids a teachers and parents how to engage in lrning. Online wednesdays announcement comes as California HealthOfficials Say ey anticipate a surge of covid19 patients in midmay while we cant provide a Graduation Ceremony for students we can ensure that th graduate. And that they move rward on postsecondary educational opportunities. Education Officials Say theyre considering rescheduling graduation ceremonies to the fall. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. The reality that students will not to go back to their School Campuses is really hard to swallow for high school seniors. Seniors at Antioch High School tell us they already missed their friends. They missed their teachers and theyre sad about not being able to take part in senior night sporting events and not being able to go to prom. Theyre disappointed, but they see this as a way of helping to slow down the spread of coronavirus and say that the class of 2020, well go down in history. I just think its very light. Unbelievable almost you cant believe happening like i still feel like. Ina couple weeks, im going back to school by i know its not happening. Distancelearning is still going on classes are happening. Theyve just moved on line in antiocthe School District said that any student on track to graduate will and also will receive their diploma and a Graduation Ceremony will happen at a later date. Here in the bay area there are now more than 2600 cases of covid19 and this virus has killed 67 people. Santa clara county leads the bay area with 956 cases and 32 deaths followed by San Francisco county with 434 cases and 7 deaths, San Mateo County has 388 cases and 10 deaths. Alameda county has 359 cases and 8 deaths and Contra Costa County has 250 cases there are 3 deaths there. Morton county has 107 cases and 5 dot sonoma county, 91 cases and one death. Solano county is the only barry county with no reported deaths and there are 49 cases there. Now the county has 18 confirmed cases and one death. In San Francisco, the extension of the stay at home order through may 3rd has some stiffer requirements, including what we can and cannot do when we leave the house kron fours dan kerman is live for us now at San Francisco city hall with what are the new rules that we need to follow. Dan. Well this extension includes mandatory social distancing when you leave the house also additional requirements for businesses making sure that people are. Keeping a social distance during a wide ranging news the city officials got together today and talked about various topics including whether we are indeed flattening the curve. At a News Conference wednesday, San FranciscoHealth Director doctor grant colfax said its still too early to tell of social distancing is flattening the curve. We know were doing the right things and the data tells us that staying home is the very best defense. At this stage of the game. There are still plausible scenarios that our Health Care System could be brought to the brink colfax as part of the problem is the lack of basic testing equipment. I hope that as some are testing sites increase across the city. And as our capacity in terms of increases that we will get the supplies necessary. But i am literally im waiting for more swabs to do more. City officials also announced theyll begin transferring homeless shelter residents on thursday. 2 or 394 bed facility at mosconi west to increase social distancing at existing shelters. That also secured 479 hotel rooms to isolate homeless residents who have either tested positive or showing symptoms but dont need hospitalization. Another 576 rooms should be secured before the end of the day. And then we have a discussions with one Additional Hotel large hotel a 1500 rooms that we hope to enter into contract by the end of this week or saturday in addition to vulnerable populationhotel rooms will also be made available to First Responders and healthcare workers. The mayor also announced the creation of a program so volunteers can be paired up with isolated seniors. So they can get the essentials they need like groceries and medicine. You can sign up and we will partner us a senior and its basically like youre going to be responsible for caring for and taking care of that senior. For the duration of this or this pandemic and i think that. What is gained from this is not only the ability to do something to help. Support others, but it could be the beginning of a long lasting friendship. Theyre also touched on how this pandemic is hitting city coffers she says the city will be looking at a deficit of anywhere between one 0. 1 1. 7 billion during the next 2 fiscal years as a result of this she says as a result. Theyre going to have to spend their money wisely live at San Francisco city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. 2 and a half weeks down another month to go at least coping with the shelterinplace order just got a little bit harder. As you may remember we told you about one family in san jose that is just trying to deal with all this and kron fours all the yeah they are tory. Holding their own but the extended Stay Home Order and the prospect of home schooling until fall has san joses maddux family a little on edge right now. I spoke with Jennifer Maddox on zoom. I think everybody starting to get on one anothers nerves and were going little stir crazy from. Just not being able to get out and do the normal things i think that e novelty of it staying home is kind of worn off with playgrous off limits from nowon the magics children ride bikes and play in the backyard, but its getting harder to call. We want to hurt in on the playground for the last 2 weeks anyway. But we walk there played like staff now. While they didnt explicitly say you cant do that it seems like its probably not the best thing to be doing so it definitely feels like the rug has shocked even more in our combined to herman backyard basically this is research to a classroom thats been set up. Could get and she can click on. Today and see all of the work that she has to do for today on the upside jennifer says the kids are continuing their studies on google classroom and other online tools and learning to be independent into the bargain were starting to get a lot more information from the district and from about what kids are supposed to be doing this anand hes coming from me. School website and hes got google classroom as an option. And in his he will have multiple classrooms because he has different teachers for different subjects and giving the kids a lot more independence and being able to sit down and kind of go step by step instructions are for the day. Jennifer says the kids see and hear the news but dont know anyone who is sick and dont fully understand why they have to stay home. But they are finding ways to get out without breakig the rules yesterday. We did a friend who had a birthday and so we made a big poster and wrote on their street and. The wind to wish happy birthday to starting to see more things like are getting morecreative but how can we still see someone spaces but maintain social distancing in not breaking of the rules that are set for us san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. President trump is issuing a warning to people to prepare for the worst as more hot spots grow around the country. Kron fours theresa has the very latest. A difficult days are ahead for a nationpresident trump doubling for sizinthe country is in for a rough road when it comes to fighting the coronavirus were going to have. A couple of starting prty now but especially a few days from now that are going to be horrific this comes on the heels of new data. The task force presented shing a 100,000 residents or more may die and that is with rigorous social distancing nationwide. The president adding more hot spots are emerging in the United States. And it could very well be that others take over from new york. Theres some areas some hot spots in other states that are. Exploded. Some like louisiana were very late. And then all of a sudden it was like an explosion and again the Vice President mike pence. Talking about the importance of social distancing as the country braces for the worst our priority right now is is is ensuring that every american. It takes 30 days to slow the spread to heart. Best thing we can do. For one another for our Families Health for the most vulrable amongs. His practice. Those mitigaon strategies and while the team says that there is no cure for the virus. No treatme. Doctor fouchier says work does continue on trying to find a vaccine. But the ultimate game and this will be a vaccine. The same way a vaccine for other diseases. That was scary just in the past that now we dont even worry about that weve been through the first 2 doses were on the highest dose now when we get that data will take a few months to get the data feel confident to go to the face too, and then a few months from now will be in face too and i think were right on target for the year to year and a half to re says stasio kron 4 news. Coming up here on kron 4 news at 6 oclock we caught up with the as we hear how theyre coping with this shelter in place order. Plus the mounting evidence suggests the hope of 19 is being spread by people do not show any what a new study just revealed tonight plus researchers and burke were the best way to predict the fure is to create and change the world. Here at abie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thas the future we all wanto see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Researchers in berkeley have been working around the clock to set up a large scale robotic system to test for covid19 scientists tell kron someto call their just days away from potentially testing up to 3,000 samples per day. Through the universitys nonprofit Innovative Genomics Institute starting monday u c Berkeley Team up with you see San Francisco researchers to provide large scale testing for Novel Coronavirus or covid19. The automated robotics lab is being set up in a building on campus. The scientists running it are all voluntee like few order or a professor of molecular and cell biology at cow. He is coleading the project we dont really know. How long we will have to do this were hopeful we could be done in a couple of months and thats it. If thats the case will be the happiest people on earth. And i think its unlikely we will run as long as its necessary the system will be capable of testing up to 300 nasal swabs at a time and up to 3,000 today. Results will be available within one day or as quickly as 4 hours a stark contrast to what hospitals and clinics across the bay area are experiencing with the turnaround often exceeding a week in order to stop the spread of covid19 or not says its imperative those who have been infected with the disease are identified and isolated as soon as possible pecially sincemost people are showing mild or no symptoms but remain hihly contaous. We absolutely in terms because were a Nonprofit Institute at a public university. To put the recipe for how to do this into the Public Domain or knobs says the lab will first start by testing samples taken falty and staff. Ty students the lab is also working with the city of berkeley to then open testing up to residents and hospital patients as well you buy enough to test 10,000 people who buy the just the core regions in the past. 250,000. Its expensive but its essential after testing is scheduled to begin monday. Felipe should all kron 4 news. From the beginning of San Franciscos shelterinplace order the performing arts felt an Immediate Impact kron fours kate rudy tells us how the San Francisco ballt is responding in the face of adversity. When the San Francisco ballet learned its season would be suspended less than halfway through the nonprofit plan to deal with its g on a estimated million loss in revenue very early on. Leadership in our board decided that we would put our workforce first no matter what were here to protect th workforce that workforce includes everyone from dance faculty to administrators to the performing artists with the creation of the San Francisco ballet critical relf and the entire organization is working together on fund raising were seeing from the community is a willingness to support about half of our donors up to the website. So we suspect platform called class c dot org so we built it within a matter of days super easy nd of turn about half of the bite of the donors have ver given us a gift before there are perkfor donors such as access to a recording of the compys performance of a midsummer nights dream performed in anempty theater after the season was suspended since then the dancers of had to get creative to work on their craft virtually i dont have much space. My house seat take a proper class so we make too so we have makeshift bars, la bars which. In my case it is a desk chair that i use a yoga mat to jump on that site on to start my downstairs, the campers ougits achallenging time for the arts world, the valleys fundraising work has come with the Silver Lining its really such a wonderful thing to see us all come together whether s dancers with its musicians weather expected minister 86 all of us coming together towards this goal saving this art form that we are in love with and we so care for so far the sfl a critical relief fund has raised about 200,000 in San Francisco, cape ernie kron 4 news. And time now to talk about our Storm Tracker forecast and joining us working from home us our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow happy april. Yeah april finally year hopefully this will be a little bit warmer than march boy that was a cruel month justine now the winds kind of kicking up around the bay area today and certainly that make up these little cool cool down some parts is still a lot of sunshine and thats what it looks right now outside the Golden Gate Bridge weve got sunny skies thats why its going all night long see flag waving in the breeze out there as well temperatures just a bit of a hit yesterday, were 62 in San Francisco. We came down a few degrees 57 for the high theyre 64 in oakland 63 degrees and san jose 62 for a high in little more 65 degrees in concord and 65 degrees in santa rosa all these temperatures running a little bit below the average reason cold front rolling on in of course and bring us any rain but help to clear out the skies and kick up the wind and you can see as High Pressure tries to build it. Those winds are beginning to blow around the bigger in fact some of those winds over 20 Miles Per Hour. Some places more than 25 now at 40 to san jose 40 mile an hour winds in oakland 15 in Stinson Beach and youve got 70 in pacifica some certainly the breeze will continue overnight tonight. Well see some gusts maybe upwards of 20 Miles Per Hour will gust year the Central Valley overnight tomorrow morning and then by the afternoon is that normally when we get more north westerly component still a little bit of a breeze. The coast. Clearance starry skies for tonight will be breezy and a little bit chilly tomorrow sunny all day long and a little bit warmer back. I think some of these temperatures pushing near 70 degrees in the afternoon. We are looking at some rain though make a return as we head toward the weekend. So lets enjoy the nice weather all we have. Temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s High Pressure trying to build maybe just not along the coastline overnight tonight keep your skies clear as it does its going to set the stage what looks like some nice weather you see another nice day or 2 a weather around the bay area then this weekend we are going to see a cold storm moving in expect rain on and off saturday sunday and probably the beginning up next week justin back to you so we will enjoy that sun while we have it thank you lawrence. Coming up tonight at 6. 45 the battle on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic can be bought by passionate and hardworking professionals. Learn how they are doctors are hoping all of this for us. Acts and doctor offers some advice well a loof people are staying indos under the governments orders, one doctor is now recomending that people set up a backup pl just in case a Family Member falls ill. She says family needs to prepare for the worst. Were feeling out of control right we just dont know whats going to happen from day to day we dont know whos going to have it and so i think one of the things thats good for people to think about is to plan you know to plan at a time when youre not in that moment, so again goingback to finances for example how do you how are you going to manage that theres a loss of in count 4 how are you going to manage it if this person is in the hospital and theyre e imary caretaker of children and people are saying he shldnt travel so mom is a single mom for example and she has children then os going to take care of her kids if she gets sick, you know can her mother fly across the country are amily nearby and who was to expose themselves if you know somebody is mother died of coland 19 and then you are assuminthat the children and otr family are some really challenging e quesons because even in the ar labor andelive thers been a movement to get signatures to say got a mother shouldnt ve to be without a partner when theyre deliver her by but think about also when somebody is dying and dyg alone and you know that this person is dying alone across the untry and you cant go. I think that people his last without being able to somehow y goodbye to people. Well still ahead toght a Record Number of ericans are filing for unemployment. Coming up well show yo exactly how to do it tts what you need to do right now. The u. S. Nsus bureau continues counti despite the coronavirus outbreak. Im washington i can fill it out right at home. Next at 6. 30 s li a battlefield behind your home, a new York Resident is descring what its like spot g in a coronavis hot death toll doubled in 72 hours to more than 1900 people on with that bodies were being loaded into work trus hospitals. I do want to warn u right now some of the images were about to show u cod be tough to lo at. But this is reality right now bodies were being brout to refrigerated truck to set up as a temporary morgue. This was ouide of a brooklyn hosp