Tightened. Jesse gary joins us now. Reporter dr. Sarah cody says current measures, staying inside, social distancing, sanitizing, are working. But we are not out of the wood woods. Every unnecessary contact with another person increases the chance that the virus may spread from one person to another. Reporter to completely flatten the covid19 infection curve, Santa Clara County officials announcing tuesday an extension of the shelterinplace order, until may 3rd. Social distancing by residents is mandatory. All construction is now halted, except projects deemed necessary. Examples include projects related to limiting the spread of the coronavirus. We cannot afford to simply hope we can impose these regulations weeks from now. This is the moment when it counts the most to save lives. Weeks from now, we will only have regretted that we did not move overnight. Reporter all businesses that are not essential are required to close immediately. The San Jose Police department has already begun
Get this economy back and growing. Unemployment claims are hitting record highs. Paying monthly bills is impossible for many. We spoke to Industry Experts about what you need to know if you cannot make your mortgage payment. Reporter more than 1 million californians have already filed for unemployment. That loss of income has many wondering how to pay bills due next week. We are watching that trickle to homeowners. What about those owners dependent upon rent to cover their mortgage in order to cover their property tax payments, utility bills and what have you. Reporter he represents landlords in San Francisco. They might have to default on their mortgages. Some of the penalties that arise when you are late, i would like to see that proactively waved across the board so there is a shared understanding. There is a lot of helping offer to homeowners. The stimulus package adds to it and protect your credit. You can do for a payment and request contract modifications. There is a grace perio
Im julie haener. Im Frank Somerville tonight working from home. Lots of new developments to tell you about this evening. Governor newsom has put out an urgent call for doctors to help treat the expected surge of coronavirus patients. The governor says the number of people in the hospital in california has now doubled and the number of icu patients has tripled in just the past four days. Across the u. S. More than 3,000 people have now died from the outbreak. Among them the first u. S. Service member, a new Jersey National guardsman. Today the Navy Hospital ship comfort arrived at new york harbor to ease the burden on hospitals by caring for people not suffering from covid19. At the White House Health and Human Services secretary alex azar said the u. S. Has tested more than 1 million coronavirus samples, more than any other country. He also says the u. S. Is now testing nearlysamples a day. Experts say the u. S. To test between 100,000 and 150,000 patients a day to contain the virus. S
Covid19 crisis. California now house more than 10,000 cases of covid19 and 233 people have died. Los angeles county has the most confirmed cases with more than 4000 followed by Santa Clara County at more than 1000 and San Diego County at 849. A south bay nursing home has at least a halfdozen residents and staff who tested positive for the virus. Jesse gary joins us now in san jose with the details and what is being done to keep the problem from getting worse. Reporter late this afternoon officials with the Canyon Springs postacute care facility increase the number of covid19 cases they are reporting. They reported three, now its cials to call relatives of d residents and as a precaution, tell them to come get the relatives, bring them home for a 14 day quarantine. Officials say multiple positive test results were revealed, one as recently as this week, two residents and four staffers are infected with covid19. One resident was discharged before the test results were known, the other is
With infection rates and the number of deaths increasing, it is too early to say definitively how much social distancing is helping. For now, his office is working with other bay area tech counties to develop plans to extend the state home orders. It is far more effective from a regional approach, the order that will be released tomorrow will be another regional approach going forward. It is essential that we collaborate and share information and act together to reduce the spread. Dr. Colfax says he is hoping that social distancing that we are all practicing right now is effective in trying to reduce the patient load going forward. When we face adversity, that is still the best tool that we all have to try to we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Protect those among us. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. New developments tonight at San Franciscos laguna hospital were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis