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United play as a violence prevention and use Development Group based in soma lives by each day. And over the last 2 weeks. They focus their efforts on delivering supplies to communities that have been hit hard by the coronavirus we feel that we love giving back to the community were trying to bring everybody getting keep everybody safe it follows ferguson is a volunteer at united plans on monday they handed out Hand Sanitizer and face masks to those in the bayview Hunters Point area of the city. The group joined by San Francisco supervisor matt haney also distributed supplies to the tenor line when we get the gear to hand and face masks and attend a lawn on it or not governor rock yesterday look 1000 people showed up in a town one area. Receiving senate adding base pets. In a tweet on monday supervisor haney again address the needs of his district and others that are underserved in the city. A new map of covid19 cases by zip code shows those testing positive are more likely to be people of color and living in low income neighborhoods, according to the map the Mission District has the highest number of cases lot to because rag and sanitize start but im sure people are and those unable she get. They dont have access to it. And by us being able to go give it you know the appreciated, but he has this great need in those areas. Tomorrow the group will be handing out supplies in pretrial helped for now live in San Francisco Taylor Bisacky kron 4 news taylor. Thank you lets take a closer look at the map were talking about the map is divided by zip code hardest hit areas are labeled in blue while areas with fewer cases are labeled in green. Some of the hardest hit areas include the south of market area. Patrol hill and the bayview the city has also released demographic statistics that show the Hispanic Community in San Francisco is reporting the most number of cases they a city says the information on this map though is limited. President says he plans to suspend immigration into the u. S. During the coronavirus pandemic President Trump tweeted just over an hour ago in it. He says quote in light of the attack from the invisible enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our Great American citizens. I will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States. It is unclear how long the suspension could last or exactly how the process would be done. Due to the pandemic almost all the said processing by the state department including immigrant visas has been suspended for weeks. Tonight, there are more than 2. 4 million confirmed cases around the world are also more than a 170,000 reported deaths here in california there are more than 33,000 cases and more than 1200 deaths. Hundreds of demonstrators want the governor to reopen the state for business right now they gathered outside the State Capitol building today, Holding Signs waving american flags. Many protesters said that they were frustrated that they were not allowed to work. We are expected to hear more details on wednesday on how Governor Newsom does plan to reopen california he says he wants to reopen the say the soon as possible, but he also wants to do it in a very deliberative and thoughtful way to lessen chances of a second wave of the virus sweeping through the state and we are tracking how the number of cases has grown here in the bay area this graph shows you how cases have progressed since march, the 16th. Back then the bay area had fewer than 300 cases of the coronavirus today that number has climbed to more than 6,500 that increase happening in the course of just over a month taking a look at the county by county breakdown in the bay area there are now almost 200 people dead from covid19. Santa clara county continues to be the hardest hit with more than 1900 cases and 83 deaths. Alameda county has had 42 deaths and more than 1100 cases, San Mateo County has 28 deaths in 900 cases you can find a complete list of cases by cities on our website kron 4 dot com. So many bay area counties now requiring people to cover their faces when theyre at essential businesses such as Grocery Stores or the post office. Some people who are amazed making the face masks are seen an increase in orders. Lauren par lattin oakley has been making mass since the shelterinplace started she says her sales have almost quadrupled. Lets hope the people and if i can help one family that can afford to buy the masks online or for going out without it sure worked out the door and says her request for orders are coming from as far away as chicago and new york. Shes making them asked for free, but she is asking for people who want them to pay for shipping has a demand for masks increases so does the amount of waste those masks are creating picture show people dropping their face a massive turning up in bay area beaches in all sidewalks masks and gloves are being left in shopping carts. Environmental groups say that this will have a negative effect on our Environment Health groups also say disposing of masks and gloves improperly can also put other people at risk of contracting the virus. Those mask and gloves should be disposed of in a proper trash bin despite the increase in waist that has been created by having everyone wear a face mask medical experts say the steps california and specifically the bay area have done to flatten the curve is working but as kron fours dan kerman reports all of this success compared to other states should not lead to people becoming complacent. Sunday police and park rangers were busy reminding packed crowds at dolores park. That shelter orders require social distancing even on sunny days understand lots of people have cabin fever they want to be out and about and particularly young few people feel like. Well theyre not just that vulnerable to the spires. Well young people are vulnerable to this piracy maybe not as vulnerable as those who are older, but they are Gladstone Institute for allah just doctor Warner Greene says early action by california and specifically the bay area has crushed the curve greatly reducing the amount of coronavirus cases initially projected we now have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6500 total infections and a 199. 9 county area which is just spectacular compared to what the early predictions were and similarly california which is predicted to have 78,000 s its going to be a far far far less than that. But green says the significant success can quickly go away if residents become complacent is we do not continue to. Do all the right things that we could lose ground against this virus is granted this virus is in. Incessant it is theyre wanting to spread and it will spread highly effectively if we give it a chance green says the bay area in california will soon be better position than most places in the country to return to work. If we increase testing and contact tracing. But even with that the return will come with a new normal. Well go back probably masked, well probably go back. 6 feet apart. Good hygiene hand hygiene. We will probably working in shifts. Less crowding of were curious. No assembly of people. So all of these steps again aimed at reducing standards and stars. We still dont know when that soft open will happen. But the governor should shed a little more light on that in the next few days in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. Racial disparities in the numbers of covid19 patients have already been identified by a number of states, but the Trump Administration says it needs more time to release data on the racial makeup of those patients, the nationally that fuller picture of how covid19 is showing up in various racial groups was expected at the beginning of april but now the Administration Says it may be may the white house says it needs a full month of tests before it can make a comprehensive report on the race of covid19 patients. Meanwhile, the California Department of Public Health has released the number of cases based on race, according to the death to the Latino Community, the lenexa community makes up 40 of the cases statewide has followed by the white and asian communities the African American community makes up close to 7 of cases in california. State lawmakers held their first hearing today since the capital shut down last month. Lawmakers say they want more oversight of the governors Pandemic Response Governor Newsoms administration estimates the estimates that the state could in up spending billion on his car buyers response. The majority of which the Administration Says the federal government will reimburse. Lawmakers and the governor still need to Work Together on a finalize state budget by june. Both sides have acknowledged this pandemic will change how the state spends moving forward. 70,000 students in california will be sent laptops and other digital devices this week to help them earn. While schools are closed Major Companies such as apple and google are donating money and devices and hot spots so this students will be able to connect at home with their teachers during the shelterinplace 10s of thousands of devices will be delivered to communities in need by the end of the week. Kron fours michelle kingston has details. Barriers so we dont have enough devices on for students to have a mind to when technology. We also i dont have enough access to the Internet School officials in Santa Clara County say they need at least 15,000 more devices in order to supply each of their students with what they need to do online distancelearning during the shelterinplace San Jose Unified School district Officials Say theyre distributing 1200 devices this week in addition to 500 theyve already distributed west Contra Costa County Unified School District Officials Say they have enough chromebooks but theyre in need of hot spots governor Gavin Newsome says one in 5 students in the state of california dont have access to high Speed Internet or appropriate Computing Devices at home earlier this month, california governor Gavin Newsome issued a call to action to businesses government and Community Leaders to help bridge the Digital Divide many responded including California Public Utilities Commission t mobile amazon and apple all donated money laptops hotspots coaching for teachers, the lack of technology and students homes has been a statewide problem. Beginning this week the state will deliver 70,000 digital devices to School Districts across the state to support students with their Distance Learning this was a 2 week sprint. To create the opportunity to provide 10s of thousands of Additional Units Laptops Computers ipods and the like we continue to need to do much much more in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news police in fremont say theyre taking extra steps to protect School Property while campuses are all closed. Officers wearing protective gear and doing more patrols around school buildings. This is in response a say the criminals targeting empty classrooms. Fremont Police Tweeted out these pictures showing officers at Washington High School in American High School at night. Police are asking for area residents to contact them if they see anything suspicious. It has been 3 months since the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus now more than 41,000 people have died from it and there are fears of new hot spot. The economic toll continues to mount as well and some governors say they dont have the resources they need to safely get businesses going again. Karin caifa has the latest from washington. A Sticking Point to go she asians over more funding for Small Business loans lucia regretfully will not be able to pass more funding for americans paychecks money for coronavirus testing will be included in the relief bill, but democrats want the white house to commit to a National Strategy for the testing youre right many governors have been asking for federal help testing is going to from the north is going to require everyone to Work Together with supplies to all those things in between that you need like swabs and viral transport medium and. Rna extract or free agent and you know and then youve got to run those machines with lab techs Vice President pence spoke with governors monday be sure the governors today that were going to continue to work around the clock to expand the Testing Capacity. Still Maryland Governor larry hogan said monday his state of quiet 500,000 tasks from south korea weve been doing everything in our power. To acquire more tests from the federal government. Unfortunately unfortunately we have also had to compete. With every state in america, meanwhile, the White House Coronavirus task force as it continues to be concerned about hot spots like the chicago and boston metro areas. But some states say theyre ready to begin reopening we will get jordans back to work safely. Without undermining the progress that we all have made 7 or brian kemp says jims nail salons and barbershops are among the georgia businesses that can open as early as friday, im karin caifa reporting. President trump is lashing out at House Speaker nancy pelosi in a post a tweet he nervous nancy is an inherently dumb person she wasted all of her time on the impeachment hoax she will be overthrown either by insider out just like her last time as speaker. This comes as the house continues to debate adding more money to the Small Business loan. Heres what nancy pelosi says she wants to add to the proposal. Testing is one of the places where we want the language to be as good as we can agree to that we need a National Strategy for testing. Testing is the key that opens the door to our economy testing it racing and isolation. Pelosi says she believes that congress will eventually come to an agreement soon intelligence reports suggest a north Korean Leader kim jongun has been hospitalized following an unspecified surgery possibly heart surgery. A u. S. Official with direct knowledge of the report says a north Korean Leader is in grave danger. Kim was noticeably absent from a celebration of his grandfathers birthday on april the 15th in fact, hes not been seen since april the 11th in public when he attended a government meeting. Exact details of his condition have not yet been confirmed by the u. S. Nor by south korean officials lets take a live look over the city tonight on this monday night and youll noticed a lot of Purple Lights out there were told this is for. Hospitality workers one of the many groups hit hard by this pandemic and good for acknowledging them our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow telling us whats ahead lawrence. Well well deserved for them theyre out on the front lines working every single day. Hey guys weve got some great weather ahead so yeah, i know its going to be hard to stay inside dont do that get outside and bring that fresh air is going to be gorgeous the next few days. High pressure now building in overhead after weak cold front sliding to the state and skies are starting now just to clear out a bit now we may see a little patchy fog develop along the coastline, especially along the San Mateo County coast. But other than that i think things are going to be looking good as we head in toward tomorrow. The breeze certainly we have that well see you again tomorrow to 20 Miles Per Hour right now in oakland, 13 in san jose and 12 Miles Per Hour in San Francisco, 17 in mill valley so blown around a bit and again tomorrow afternoon well see that breeze kicking in specially near the coastline. Temperatures right now mainly in the 50s today near the highs running below the average generally in the 50s in t