Month for health care and frontline workers were dealing at a time where we need to go bold late and we need to meet this moment without playing small ball any longer in Los Angeles County authorities are lifting the restrictions on coronavirus testing. And beginning friday. The city will require residents to wear a mask or covering in supermarkets and other essential businesses and if youre not covering your face. By friday morning in the Central Business can refuse you service it follows a series of aggressive moves throughout the state beginning in midmarch that Health Experts say appear to show. The california is bending the curve these measures will be disruptive to day to day life. But there is no need to panic on march 16th, San Francisco became the first city in the country to issue a stay at home order. Bustling neighborhoods quickly became ghost towns 3 days later on march 19th newsome issued a stay at home order for the entire state, california got it right medical experts s
Home in the east bay. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us tonight at 5 im Justine Waltman tonight we have learned that 6 residents have an east bay nursing facility have died from covid19 the gateway care and rehab center hayward well theyre at least 59 people have tested positive for the virus that breaks down to 24 staff and 35 residents of those residents 6 have died. There are more infections at another Alameda County facility, the east bay postacute center in Castro Valley says 17 staff and 9 residents have tested positive. But there are no deaths there at this point. Today governor gavin newsom gave more details on the states plan to bring in hundreds of millions of masks into california on a monthly basis. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains how this will happen. California set to spend about one billion to open up a massive flow of personal protective equipment into the state the governor confirming 200 Million Masks most of which are and 95 zuill c
Death rate. The state has seen so far. And the pandemic is growing deadlier here in the bay area now reaching another nursing home in the east bay tonight Health Officials have been far more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus in the bay area here are the latest numbers by county Santa Clara County still has the most cases and deaths with 46 people losing their lives so far San Mateo County has 21 deaths 10 people have died from covid19 in San Francisco there have been 7 deaths in Contra Costa County 16 in Alameda County 10 in moran 2 deaths in napa and solano counties are one death in Sonoma County breaking news tonight in the east basics of 35 residents who tested positive for covid19 at gateway care and rehab center in hayward. Have died an additional 24 Staff Members. Theyre also tested positive for the virus in tonight. Were learning more about another east bay senior care facility with dozens of cases kron fours taylor purse aqi joins us live now at gateway care and rehab cent haywar
And im pam moore and there are also more deaths tonight here in the bay area 6 residents at the gateway care and rehab center in hayward died today, they were among 35 residents and 24 Staff Members there who tested positive for the virus kron fours tale of the second joins us live now at the gateway care and rehab center with the latest on what happened there. Taylor. The up him earlier today i saw 2 people possibly from the mortuary dressed head to toe in personal Protection Equipment. Theyre on their way leaving the facility now again the Public Health Department Confirms that 59 people tested positive here for the virus. The Alameda County Public Health department and staff at gate we care and rehab center in hayward in full defense mode trying to control the spread of the coronavirus within this facility, 35 residents and 24 staff here tested positive for the coronavirus 6 of those residents have since passed away in addition, were learning more about cases and hes bay postacute c
We spoke with doctor bob wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine who has been vocal about california showing early signs of flattening the curve everybody took it seriously and said even though we havent seen many cases here we believe and we believe the science were going to stay at home and do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governor newsome described a steady but slow growth in covid19 cases in the state he also talked about securing supplies like and 95 math and ventilators that as of wednesday, the governor announced the highest death rate in the state and a plea to take the coronavirus seriously depends on you it depends on 40 million others in the state of california and their commitment. To following through on the stay home orders. Their commitment to have appropriate face coverings its a message Public Health officials and leaders have been echoing Sant