Fo really called our church this. From sky 7, you can see hundreds of drivers lined up patiently waiting their turn for pickup. Pastor kenny foreman says he has never seen anything like this before. Were going to be here for the long haul until we goat the other side. Second harvest of Silicon Valley distributes food through sites in santa clara and san mateo counties. The church is just one of them. We have so many people feeling so much anxiety right now, and so many people finding themselves for the first time in need of help. Across town at the san jose armory, Real Estate Developer urban community has brought together a network of business and Community Leaders to help form a new nonprofit called san jose ship kits. There is a lot of good people throughout that really want to make a difference. And weve got a lot of already. The group is distributing free medical, food and wellness supply kits by those in shelter in place mandate. Theyre really going through it. And to be able to offer asistance is truly, truly inspiring for us. Volunteers from all walks of life, knowing that for now there is no end date in site. With the Small Businesses and just the average person on the street, you know, calling us, emailing us and getting involved is really a great thing to see. Im caught off guard and really happy to be a part of, that even if its just a little bit. In san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. Whether you need help getting food or youre looking for ways to give back, go to feeding america. Org. You can find food or volunteer opportunities. All you have to do is enter your zip code. You can also make a cash donation. All funds will go to feeding america food banks right here in the bay area. Now to the latest headlines on the coronavirus crisis. More than 16,000 people in the u. S. Have died of coronavirus, according to numbers from johns hopkins. 507 of the deaths are in. Dr. Ntny fau peak of its outbreak. The number of case theres, more than 160,000 is now higher than in any country outside the u. S. In the greater bay area, there are now more than 4400 confirmed cases of covid19. 119 people have died. Alameda, contra costa, napa and san mateo counties all reported new cases since this morning. Santa clara county has the most cases in the region with almost 1400. Farther north, lake county now has three case. In mendocino county, cases are Holding Steady at four. Really stunning turn of events in one east bay Skilled Nursing facility. Six people have died there in a matter of days. Rcovid19. Nd Rehabilitation Center is still open and operation, but family members of many of the residents are just desperate for more information at this point. Abc7 News ReporterLaura Anthony joining us live outside that facility right now. Laura . Mber inside this facility. She told me they are doing their best to take care of the patients that remain inside, that they have brought in extra staff from outside, and that the number of cases hasnt changed in the last 24 hours. Still, family members are desperately afraid for their loved ones. They kept telling us shes in the safest place she can at dsne ringg true. Her mother is a resident of Gateway Care Center where six patients have died after a covid19 outbreak. Gateway staff wont answer rios calls or knocks at the door, but she has talked with her mother on the phone. I didnt know that people had been dying here. Last i heard wasne patient who tested positive. And that is the last i heard. I actually just came here because they needed help. Nursing assistant worke for six days, caring for the patients still inside while keeping herself safe. Were were drinking hot water every 30 minutes to kind of keep, fight it off, just in case we are contracting it. Constantly having vitamins and stuff, taking vitamins and eating oranges. Besides the six who died, 53 staff and residents tested positive for covid19. Today ambulances transported at least three patients away from gateway. This thing explode over about two days. So i think they were down to 34 on monday. And then evidently it went all the way up to 59, with six deaths. According to state records, the facility had 25 federal violations last year, including a report filed in august that showed a patient missed two doses of antibiotic treatment because the facility did not have a registered nurse on the schedule. We know that low staffing is related to infections. So the facilities that have the lowest staffing are the most vulnerable. At gateway, family members like barbara rios are having to face their worst fear that. Shesoi to get exposed and could pass away. Shes diabetic. So shes at risk. Now barbara rios told us her mother has tested negative for covid19, but she is still concerned because she has talked with her mother on the phone, and her mother is telling her that they keep moving her from room to room inside the ppenin whyhat erned. As i said, family members are not allowed inside, and theyre the staff here. Larry, ama . Yeah, lori, those patients that weve seen in the video that you showed being transported away, do we know if that is all due to covid19 or other circumstances . Well, actually, larry, i was able to ask that staff member on the telephone just within the past hour about those patients. I said are they getting worse . Do they have covid19 . She said actually, thats sor cs here, that those are folks who are going out of the facility to go to doctors appointments and things like some of those ambulances come back and patients be dropped back off here at the facility. Well, there is some good news there. Lets just assume that or hope they dont have covid19. Laura anthony live. There is a new coronavirus outbreak at a Senior Living facility thats located in the north bay. The iteams dan noyes reports several residents and associates at drake terrace Senior Living in san rafael have tested positive. When asked for clarification, the facility said the origin of the exposure is not known at this point, and there are no other confirmed caseinhe ity. Some grim and some positive milestones today in californias fight against the coronavirus. The state now has topped 19,000 cases and more than 500 deaths. The latter is some 50 more deaths than yesterdays total. On the positive side, for the First Time Since the crisis began, the number of icu patients in the state dropped to 1,132. Thats down almost 2 from yesterday. Governor newsom called it encouraging but cautioned people not to read too much into it at this point. Also today, the governor dismissed the criticism hes received for lending 500 ventilators to the national stockpile. He says california has a moral responsibility to help its fellow citizens, especially since hospitals here are only using about 32 of the ventilators we currently have. Our curve is not bending like other states. We have stretched our curve, giving us a little bit more time. But we cant just sit on assets. When we can save lives and help our fellow americans. Today the governor announced a plan to provide caregivers with vouchers and stipends for hotel rooms since many dont want to good home and risk getting family members sick. Another staggering round of unemployment claims. The Labor Department says 6. 6 million americans filed for jobless benefits last week, bringing the number to more than 17 million in the past three weeks. Former fed chair janet yellen told the Washington Post that the u. S. Unemployment has hit 12 or 13 already, the worst level that the nation has seen since the great depression. About two dozen mcdonalds workers in hayward staged a drivethrough strike today. This is part of a larger strike that is taking place at 50 other mcdonalds locations in california. Gl, hazarpay, demanding sk and two weeks paid quarantine for any workers with the bart. Their board of directors looking at a dramatic drop in revenue as thousands of passengers are staying home from work. We know were going have to cut. Were going have to cut some things. And were going have to become more lean and more nimble. But we cant expect the taxpayers to just fill the hole of 246 million to 440 million in revenue loss. Where those cuts might come from has not been determined, but it might mean delaying some programs and projects. Bart says it is rung longer trains and making it easier for passengers to spread out social distancing. Ridership is down by almost 94 since the outbreak of the virus. And its not just the coronavirus that has some people concerned today. Some are worried about wearing a mask in public. Why African American men fear it could put their safety more at risk. Plus answering your coronavirus questions. Dr. Alok patel is back with us in just a few minutes. Im spencer christian. Easter weekend is looking better and better as it gets closer thwhich, if im not mistaken, papadia. Is latin for better than a sandwich. Heheven has a better pickle. Get a new papadia for six bucks. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Better than a sandwich. Papa johns. Weve worked to provide you with the financial strength, stability, and online tools you need. And now its no different. Because helping you through this crisis is what were made for. Ever rand fast, reliable, secured internet from xfinity can help. We have plans to fit every budget with speeds up to a gigall at xfinity. Com. 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Im seeing a lot of parents asking if their toddlers should be wearing mask, because back when we had the wildfires, i know n95 masks specifically werent recommended for toddlers because maybe they werent made for their faces and the way they breathe. Can you talk to us a little bit about that . Yeah. Were getting this question a lot now that the publicas the recommendation to start Wearing Masks. The first thing people have to think about is if a toddler is actually going to keep a mask on. Chances are theyre not. Theyre going to touch it. Theyre going play with it. Theyre going to remove it. Also, right now the recommendation is no child under the age of 2 should even wear a mask. Its a suffocation hazard. It could even be harder to breathe for those little tiny mouths and nostrils. Now older kids, it could be different. You could have a kid who is 4 or 5 and might want to wear a mask, understand why and be motivated. Its best to try the practice at home and see if your child actually will. But remember, we have to remind kids lonravethei hands, that th violate social distancing. They have to understand its an extra step. Probably better for older kids, not your toddlers or babies. All right. So just try to keep them home if you can. Okay. Viewer daniel asks i am 70 years old and i am sheltering at home. I live by myself. Even if the curve is flattened, i dont see any way to Reenter Society until a vaccine is developed. Am i expected to shelter at home for 12 to 18 months . A lot of our older folks are wondering this. And i hear daniels concern here. So right now if you look at kind of the stages to reopening and getting the economy running again, were really only in phase one. Were in the slowing the spread phase. Daniel is right. We really need to get vaccines or therapeutics out there, or some type of proof that we have immunity in the community. That riemd, to get people out, to start to get people out walking about. Now daniel, because of his age, represents a higher risk group. Once we slowly start to reintroduce people, its going to be really important that we cannot only test more, we can keep really close eyes on surveillance, looking at who is sick, who theyre in contact with and where they are. And at that point, i do expect that there might be some guidance about people who are high risk or older people being able to go outside before a vaccine. But it could still be some time. Yeah. I know my dad even said to me, i dont know. When the shelter in place is lifted, im not sure i even want to go outside yet. Karen asks, is it safe to use a laundromat . If it is feasible, what precautions should be taken . Its a good one. Yeah. So its funny. I actually talked to my friend about this who lives in the mission yesterday, and some laundromats, some public ones are very strict about how many people are allowed in there at one time. And its also one youre paying attention to if theyre cleaning or not. Even if they are, you still want to make sure youre wearing a mask, youre wearing gloves, you have hand sanitize were you and youre following all the same precautions. Now if there is a central laundry unit in your building, same things apply. You want to make sure youre still trying to practice social distancing, and that every single surface around you could potentially be dirty. You have to make sure your hygiene is still up to par. Definitely good advice. Chiva wants to know are there any plans for widespread testing, you talked about this, and trying the get more people tested. Will this help mitigate the spread if people can know they have it or the antibodies . Absolutely. So the serology test that was approved by the fda last week looking for antibodies could absolutely give us a hint about who has been exposed in the past. Now people who are exposed in the past may have immunity against this, which would not only tell us how widespread the disease, it would also tell us if people are immune. Ight earer. H. O. He community. Addressing shebas first point, we do want to see more testing. We saw a positive step with walgreens saying theyre going to introduce a lot more drivethroughs. Now hopefully that becomes a trend. I think at my last research, there is a little more than 450 drivethrough locations across the country. But we need a lot more. We have to be able to test everyone. Yeah. Certainly. All right. Dr. Patel, thank you as always for answering all of our questions, and see you again next time. All right. Were heading into a holiday weekend. The weather promises to be pretty nice. Lets bring in spencer christian, working from home. You probably want to get outside pretty soon here, spencer. I would i do. Im really looking forward to getting outside, and this weekend may be my opportunity. It is going to be quite nice. Looking at live doppler 7, we have quiet conditions, though there have been quite a few clouds hanging around. You see some in the view from the exploratorium camera looking across the bay. Its 60 degrees in San Francisco and 60 in gilroy. We have low 60s at oakland, redwood city, san jose. 57 at half moon bay. From the rooftop camera, we have mild conditions in petaluma right now, 69 degrees. Meanwhile, its low 60s at santa rosa, napa, fairfield, and concord and 60 at livermore. Give you a look at our forecast features now. There is still a chance, a slight chance but a chance nonetheless of isolated showers overnight, mainly in the inland east bay and south bay. Sunny warmer weather will prevail and warming continues into next week. Remember that Stormy Weather we had earlier in the week . Well, that lowpressure system that brought us Stormy Weather is still swirling around southern california. Look how wide the circulation is around that low. Its still sweeping some shower activity up in our direction. Ill give you a look at the forecast animation. You can see there is a chance of a line of showers moving through the inland east bay near livermore and down into the south bay and over to the santa cruz mountains. And after that, it looks pretty quiet going into the Early Morning hours tomorrow, though tomorrow afternoon still a chance of a spotty shower or two down in the gilroy area. Overnight lows mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s. So we expect a fairly mild overnight period. But there will be lots of clouds around. And once again, there is that chance of isolated showers, mainly south bay and inland east bay. Tomorrow it will start to get a bit sunny, but some clouds will linger as well. High temperatures will range from almost 60 on the coast to mainly mid60s right around the bay shoreline, and up to almost in the warmest inland areas. 70 the warming trend kicks in on saturday as temperatures start to rise, especially inland. It remains flare cool at the coast. And easter sunday, mild to warm with a few mid70s popping up in the inland areas. And on monday, the warming continues into the middle of next week when we expect to see some upper 70s inland. So here is the complete accuweather sevenday forecast. Gradual warming into easter week, and further warming into virtually all of next week with highs expected to reach mid 60s on the coast, mid70s around the bay, and upper 70s inland. Up. Going to be a lovelyee anmy forecast usually does. Larry and ama . I like the confidence. I like that you raised the issue. Of course, of course, i got this. Thank you, spencer. Coming up next, a local teacher using some star power to keep students excited about learning from home. 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