Month shes had. Do you feel lucky to be here . You bet i do. I feel i dodged a bullet. Reporter that was her being hospitalized. The doctor said how to you feel being diagnosed with the coronavirus . I said i feel afraid. He said, well, youre in good hands. Reporter she was the 39th diagnosed case in San Francisco. The odds were stacked against her. You have to understand that im an old lady with type two diabetes, lung cancer survivor, asthma and i survived. Theres hope. It was really scary. Reporter daughter lisa felt helpless and feared the worst. I kept hearing the stories of all the parents and grandparents in italy that were dying alone because their families couldnt come visit them. Reporter but a grim story from her son helped her turn the corner. He said are you dying, mom . I said, no, absolutely not. I think that helped me gain strength. Reporter doctors cant say why some doesnt survive the virus and others like doris do. Ive heard from many colleagues theyve been able to discharge them home. Reporter doris knows its a time of great fear and sorrow. But its also a time for us to find strength and to continue to use that strength to see another day. Reporter doris turns 85 next month. Isnt that fantastic. Doris said shes feeling better every day, gaining strength and energy, happily quarantining at home. She thanks doctors and nurses who helped her in this amazing recovery. Great story. That is a wonderful story. Right now there are more than 6,100 confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay. The virus has killed 198 people. Our regions most populous county, santa clara, has the most cases with 1,870 and the largest death toll with 73. Lake county reports six confirmed cases and mendocino counties has four. This includes data for 14 counties, the bay area and beyond. Starting at mid might, people from San Francisco will, required to wear a mask or Face Covering in public. Santa clara, napa and solano counties are a the this time. As of midnight tonight it will be a requirement. Reporter face masks no longer recommended but no required for anyone in San Francisco to wear in public. Any type of mask, Face Covering, a scarf or something that will cover your nose and your mouth. Reporter mayor london breed making clear the order applies to anyone inside an essential business or even walking outside. Any time youre indoors or within close proximity of others within an essential business or at work. Reporter San Francisco is the latest county to require Face Coverings following contra costas are sonoma, i always felt if i stayed away, id be fine. You go in the store and its a missed bag. Reporter the new order will not replace social distancing requirements. Wearing a Face Covering is not a substitute for staying at home, staying six feet apart and frequent hand washing. Reporter if you dont have a mask yet, dont worry, enforcement for the order wont start until next wednesday. If you are not a police officers, dont act like one. Were not expecting people to police one another. Reporter in san in san in stephanie sierra. And they are ramping up Contact Tracing. Leslie brinkley explais how that works. There have been the county. Now theyve ramped up to 85 staff dedicated entirely to tracing covid19. Digital tracking is useful to see where a covid positive patient went here or there, but its Contact Tracing thats of critical importance. That is using an Old Fashioned phone call to get ahold of someone to find out who they were in touch with and how intimate that contact was. If i happened to go to the Grocery Store and didnt have well call it close conversation with someone else, maybe the risk is fairly low and theres not a lot to do with contact tracin tracing. On the other hand, if they said i met my neighbor out front ant we had a 20minute conversation and we hugged, thats probably a contact we should follow you with. The vast majority of cases actually are transmitted ensiin the home. Reporter roommates and family members are the first to be contacted. One john hopkins study said they need 100,000 contact tracers on the job. Californias Unemployment Rate in march jumped to 5. 3 , up from 3. 9 in february. Its the largest increase going back to the mid 1970s. To help guide californias economic recovery, the governor today announced a task force, which includes some of the biggest names in the state, as well the people who held gavin newsomes job before him. Lauren martinez is live in the newsroom with the Details Behind todays announcement. Reporter the governor said were at a point where we can begin a very thoughtful, phasedin approach to reopening the state of california and reopening our state economy. Were at a point starting to start toggling back. Back. Back. Reporter tom steyer. We will try to come up with a Recovery Plan worthy of californias past and pushes us to a Better Future and remedies some of the injustices which this covid19 pandemic has revealed in our society. Other members include tim cook, bob iger and former Federal Reserve chair janet yellin. It will also include all four form former giving governors of the state. Youre talking about a company thats almost a hundred years old. Whether its world wars or Global Economic crisis or terrorist attacks, what we do for people is always wanted and always enjoyed. And so we tend to have an ability to bounce back because we just manufacture happiness in so many different ways. Other states are beginning to reopen. Some nonessential businesses in louisiana reopened today. In texas, the governor there wants to reopen on april 27th. Governor newsome says the virus knows no borders. Were going do this thoughtfully and theyll reach out to people across the state, whether theyre activists, labor groups or philanthropists to develop plan. Lauren martinez. They are very close to making a decision but nothing has been made certain just yet. Back to you. All right. Lauren, thank you so much. Fewer americans believe a return to normalcy will come by the start of june. 31 things will go back to normal by june 1st. When asked two weeks ago, 44 thought theyd see normally by june 1st. The impact of coronavirus varies widely around the country. Tonight an indepth look at the deference between new york and california and how a few days made a crucial deference. Difference. Ill have a look at our everchanging weather which may include some five years ago, i had psoriasis everywhere. My skin hurt, i felt gross. But then i started cosentyx and i havent really had to think about it. Real people with psoriasis. Look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen. Or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Ask your dermatologist about cosentyx. [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. A patient at an east bay care facility is worried shes not being protected enough after two employees tested positive for coronavirus. Its a friend of the patient spoke to us via facetime to speak up for her. They want to have the coronavirus test. They want to have the test done and they also want masks. They all want masks. They wont even give them masks. The facility declined an interview but pro described a statement our center has implemented federal and state guidelines regarding covid19 for the protection of our residents and employees. The two employees who tested positive are no longer in the building. The iteam has covered a lot of the local Nursing Homes that have experienced coronavirus t outbreaks. You can read those story on our web site. A new covid19 drivethrough its lat at 7th and brannon and opened at noon today. You cant just drive up and show up. People who want to get tested must be screened for symptoms before setting up an appointment. If you have symptoms and want to get screened, go to projectbaseline. Com covid19. Two people working with the Oakland Unified School system have tested positive. They were involved with the distribution of food and school supplies. Both were asill tom attic and when they started to feel sick, they stayed home and isolated themselves. Neither have been at work for over a week and their workplaces have been cleaned. And leen melendez reports the implications of this idea. The San Francisco school board has come up with novel proposals. The latest would give students in grades 6 through 12 all as for the semester. The reason a lot of us wanted to move in this direction is because we want to acknowledge all of our students are doing their very best in a really hard tle. Reporter some on the board feel not all students have the technology or Internet Connection to do Virtual Learning so teachers should cut them some slack. But some parents believe its not fair for those students who have worked so hard to earn an a yet it rewards kids who simply dont care. Any shell packer has two children in San Francisco schools. They have been doing distance learnings. She worries about the implications it will have on students applying to colleges. If they cant really tell how students in San Francisco were evaluated because they all got the same mark, could put students at a disadvantage. Reporter the school board has been advised giving all as is not currently an option ofd by the California Department of education. The board is more likely to end up voting to give a pass or nopass grade like other disabilities are doing. T even in other counties, some parents are circulating this petition, asking that students also be given the option to get letter grades. San francisco is considering that option. Most parents in San Francisco say the board should give itself an a for trying to come up with an equitable solution. There are concerns about racial disparties among coronavirus patients and death. The mayor of oakland talked about that top ek on midday live today. Health disparities by race are not new. The fact that it getting attention during the coved 19 crisis is in some ways hopeful because this has been a persistent inequity forever. The mayor says oakland will establish a task force to investigate possible raes yag disparities. The state has come peeled race and ethnicity data for about twothirds of cases. The first column is the percent of cases. The second column is the present of deaths and the row is a dev or ethnic group. Africanamericans represent a disproportionately High Percentage of deaths, latinos are disproportionately low percentage of deaths compared to the population. San franciscos chinatown has in the eyes of many experts defied the odds when it comes to covid19. The chineseamerican community of San Francisco, particularly in chinatown was way ahead of this curve for many, many reasons. The chinese hospitals and sick companies, many of the institutions that have been part of the history of chinatown have been we ahead of the curve and flattened that in chinatown in february, long before it became common practice elsewhere. Why does criminal have fewer cases of the virus that be new york. We put the states side by side for comparison and what woo found was californias quick action really made all the difference. Heres dion lim. New york saw their first case on march 1st, but the empire state saw nearly ten times as many cases of the coronavirus. Why . An interactive timeline lays out day by day the difference in how two of the countrys largest states handled the outbreak of the coronavirus differently. Woo need to tack an official action. Reporter while some were both leaders setting the stage for the pandemic that would sweep across the country. Can you follow along day by day as each state waged a ward against covid19. Ewant to remind everybody that this state tens to take advantage of every hour of every day. Reporter watched as the number of reported cases grew, and tracked what city and state leaders were saying. We are now the epicenter of this crisis. But as california and the notion eye reopening afrs months in 7 news. Fascinating whats happened here in california. You can check out this ent active time looep at our web site. Expect a cool weekend. It wont be beach whether, which this virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. In these uncertain times, look after yourself, your family, your friends. But know when it comes to your finances, we are here for you. What can i do for you today . Well take a look at the portfolio and make adjustments. Im free to chat if you have any more questions. Our j. P. Morgan advisors are working from home to help guide you through this. For more than 200 years, weve helped our clients navigate historic challenges. And we will get through this one. Together. In the north bay, power was turned off to do Maintenance Work to prevent wildfires. Heres a look at the current outage map. The biggest outage now affects about 600 customers in sunny sunnyvale. None of it welcome when youre sheltering at home. No, definitely not. All right. We have some rain coming our way. Spencer christian has the latest. Only a little bit but it is rain. Right now in the bay area, we just have little patches of moisture passing jove head. But just outside the bay area, we have a cluster of thunderstorms to our north, our east, kicking up lots of instability and not quite affecting the day area significantly yet but kicking up a lot of active weather. We might get a sprinkle or two overnight. Conditions are mainly dry, a few clouds and breaks of sun. Low 60 at oakland, redwood city and san jose. Looking in order ward from the golden gate, we see meksed sky conditions as well. 63 in fairfield, 60 at concord and 59 at livermore. Its going to get cloudier overnight, pavie, morning drizzle, its a little morning. Unless you have an essential reason to be theer the coastline, get away from the coastline, stay at home if you can. But if you have to be there, be aware that there is the increased risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents as the surf is route right now. In the morning, lows to upper 40s and low 50s. And spotty drizzle and mainly sunny describes in the afternoon. High temperatures will range from upper 50s at the coast to mainly mid 60s right along the bay shoreline in the warmest inland location. Lets look at our approaching storm. Its a light storm, which ranks only one on the impact scale. Monday morning, light scattered showers, rainfall potential at under an inch. Sunday night we may see the first batch of showers beginning to push onshore. Monday morning they become a bit more widespread. And theyll start to wind down monday afternoon and well see passion clearing in the evening hours, late afternoon, early evening hours on monday. Here we go. Heres a look at the sevenday forecast. Saturday and sunday will be very much alike with the exception of an increase in clouds on sunday. High temperature range over the weekend basically upper 50s at the coast to mid 60s around the bay to about 70 inland. It cool down with the arrival of the light scattered showers. It quickly warms up with sunnier skies on tuesday and by thursday and friday of next week, high temperatures inland in the low 80s, mid 70s around the bay shoreline and low to mid 60s on the coast. There could be slippery spots, wet spots on the roadways early monday morning. Otherwise were looking at mild and dry and fair weather next week. That looks fabulous, spencer. At least its clear this weekend. Let the rain happen on monday. Thank you very much. Exactly. A new study gives us reason to hope. The bay area has seen a surge in credit card fraud. I why accept it frompt an incompyour allergy pills . E else. Flonase sensimist. Nothing stronger. Nothing gentler. Nothing lasts longer. Flonase sensimist. 24 hour nondrowsy allergy relief this is abc 7 news. A somber milestone in california today. More than a thousand people in the state have died from coronavirus according to a tally by Johns Hopkins university. Nearly half of the deaths have been in Los Angeles County as new york city continues to cope with coronavirus, city officials have cancelled allnonessential permitted events like the parade. It took almost three months but the United States has now tested more than is 1 of the country population. President trump remains confident many states will reopen by the end of the month. I think 29 states are in that ball game. Many governors and Health Officials agree the key to any effort to get back to normal will be increasing that testing number. Stock in a foster city company soared nearly 10 amid reports that it shows promise tp against the coronavirus. We really need a control group to understand if the drug alone is the reason why these patients got better. The drug is manufactured by gilead signs. Doctors at the university of chicago reported nearly 113 patients given the drug recovered. A proper Clinical Trial with a placebo is now under way. The pandemic and stayathome orders are opening up opportunities tore internet retailers and unfortunately cyber criminals. Michael, the crooks always move so fast. Do they ever. Theyre all over this pandemic. A sadly here in the bay area, were among some of the first victims. Whether youre working at home, home schooling the kids or just sheltering in place, most of us find ourselves with extra time on our hands. Many of us are filling that time online. Both amazon and walmart are hiring 250,000 workers combined to handle