Well as the department of Public Health director, dr. Grant coal fashion. Colfax. We are joined by police chief scott as well as our sheriff and the director of homelessness and housing services, abigail kahn. Today we want to provide a few updates of where we are and and some very serious challenges that we face. So far as of today, we have confirmed 797 cases and sadly 13 people have lost their lives due to the virus. The covid19 virus. And we had said all along that this would be very challenging, and in fact, in the past week or so, dr. Colfax and i continued to make it clear that it is of course important to stay at home as much as possible. Because the fact is the worst is yet to come. And today, unfortunately, we have a situation that we knew could potentially happen in one of our congregate living settings. An outbreak occurred at msc south, one of our shelters. And the real challenging situation that we know could have been worse will be a little bit better because of the work that we were preparing to do in order to make sure that we were able to respond quickly. Today we want to announce that we have identified 70 people, 68 members of the shelter as well as two Staff Members who tested positive for covid19. This is one of the larger shelters in San Francisco with on any given night, over 340 people that are located in that shelter. Part of acquiring hotel rooms and vending out our shelters has truly helped in this particular case because there were only 100 residents in the shelter last night which provided us the flexibility to turn this from a shelter to a medical facility. So dr. Colfax will talk more about what that means but the fact is we were on top of it. We know that there are a number of people who tested positive. And we are going to reroute our medical Health Experts and people, our nurses and other Health Support to this facility to help manage and maintain and support the people who tested positive. The reason why we are able to act fast is number one, we had hotel rooms available. And we had plans to staff up hotel rooms as rapidly as we possibly can in case an outbreak occurs. But number two, because so many of you are staying at home, our hospitals are not as overwhelmed as they could be, giving us the flexibility to handle an outbreak of this nature. We know that from the very, very beginning, congregate living settings like our shelters, like laguna hospital, like our single room occupancy hotels, we knew those had the potential of being hot spots. And so we have been preparing for that. We have been preparing for that by acquiring a number of hotel rooms, making sure that we have the Supportive Service necessary, making sure that we can keep the people that we are asking to work at these hotels safe, making sure that we can see people, that we can clean the rooms, that we can do the laundry, that we can do all that it takes to manage the situation in any place that we acquire under the new orders that weve put forward to obtain as many hotel rooms as possible. So although the news of this outbreak was definitely very troubling, the fact is i am so grateful and proud of this hardworking city workforce, the department of Public Health to the department of Human Services to the department of housing and home homeless services, the folks who work for these departments who are showing up, putting their lives on the line and working every single day with the nonprofit providers who help to manage these hotel rooms, they are the ones who are on the front lines, trying to make sure that they not only protect themselves, but they want to make sure that they protect others. And so we were prepared for this. We are managing the situation. And dr. Colfax will provide more information as to what is happening at this particular facility and where we go from here. I want to also talk a little bit about another very troubling situation that we know exists and because so many people are being asked to shelter at home, we know that, sadly, some people who are sheltering at home may not be in safe environments. We know that Domestic Violence doesnt stop because of a pandemic. And it is important that we continue to provide support, we continue to provide services, so that we can help the people who we know need it the most. And i know that so many Domestic Violence survivors out there are probably thinking about what we are doing as a city to protect others who have not been able to escape those very challenging situations. And i am grateful to ending Domestic Abuse and so many of the folks who work tirelessly on helping to end Domestic Violence and the work they have continued to do. They have sadly seen an uptick in the calls that they receive for help, for assistance, for their shelters. And as a result, we teamed up with the District Attorney and veritas, a Property Owner in San Francisco, to provide 20 new units that are fully furnished so that when we need to get people out of a situation, we can move quickly. So i want to thank veritas, and i want to thank our District Attorney for working with us to recognize this very serious issue and reacting quickly to provide resources in addition to the shelters and the other support that we have been able to work with nonprofit providers to provide to families who are experiencing Domestic Violence. But we know its not just about making sure we have places for people to stay. If you are in a situation at home, and you cant pick up the phone and call 911, what do you do . Its hard enough feeling like you are trapped and you cant escape. And what we have been able to do here in San Francisco, and i am so, again, grateful to the department of Emergency Management and dedicated people who work for the city who have been able to have our system and our city so if you text 911 and say help or if you are able to say what the situation is and you are in trouble or what have you, you will receive a response. And i think this is an incredible tool, because, again, we know that if theres an attack or if there is something going on, and you cant necessarily talk out loud or what have you, it is definitely difficult in order to reach out for help. So to anyone who might be hearingimpaired or others in our communities who are struggling and may be attacked or may need 911, now here in San Francisco, the option to text 911 is available. And so especially at such a really challenging time for all of us, we know that having access to support to safety is critical to being able to survive this pandemic. And so, again, thank you so much to carol and the department of Emergency Management. I also want to say to those who are looking for help and support, we are here for you, you are not alone. And we will do everything we can to support and protect you during this pandemic. If you need help or you need assistance, please call or text 911. If you need someone to talk to or you are looking for resources, you can call 311 and we can direct you to some Services Including the national Domestic Violence hotline as well as la casa, amazing organizations that continue to uplift and help those who are not only in Domestic Violence situations but also survivors. So thank you so much for your work on helping those who are struggling during this pandemic. We also want to talk a little bit about whats happening with our restaurants here in the city. Some of you during, when we werent in the pandemic, many people, including myself, used a lot of apps to get food delivered. And after we had to unfortunately close restaurants, and basically not allow them to have inhouse dining, we still allowed pickup and delivery and some restaurants chose to close because sadly, it was too expensive to even have that level of service. And others who are struggling even now with their delivery and pickup service, theyre still in business, but the fees in some cases very outrageous fees that are charged to them, basically in some cases may not allow for them to continue with their Delivery Services because they are not even breaking even in some cases. And so unfortunately with the Delivery Services there is a fee thats assessed. Sometimes theres free delivery as you see on the apps but the restaurant is still charged a specific fee as it relates to the Delivery Service which usually happens with a third party. And we have seen those fees basically go up and down. The restaurants have experienced it. And it has been hard. They want to remain open for all of you. They want to be available for all of you but they are struggling because the delivery costs are making it unsustainable. So thats why after working with the Golden Gate Restaurant Association and carefully evaluating the situation, ive decided to execute an emergency ordinance to cap the amount of fees that a third party can charge to restaurants for Delivery Services at 15 . And what this will do is to make sure that our restaurants are protected, because we know during this pandemic, which we are not certain as to how long it will last, there are going to be a lot of restaurants who may not come back from this. And we want to make sure that when we identify a situation thats problematic, we address the situation and the goal here is to address the situation with putting a cap on the amount of the percentage of which the Third Party Delivery entities could charge restaurants for Delivery Service. And i want to thank the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, and i also want to thank supervisors ahsha safai and aaron peskin for working with my office oncoming up with something that would be fair and more helpful to our restaurant community. So i also want to take this opportunity to talk about just, again, the importance of staying at home. Now, i know, having these conversations here every time theres a press conference, it reminds me of my grandmother and oftentimes because, you know, sometimes i was a difficult kid to discipline, and my grandmother would say to me over and over again, no, you cant have that, no, you cant have that or no, you cant go outside, no, you cant go outside. And i would say please, mama, please can i go outside . And my grandmother would just say no, no, no, for whatever reason. And she had to tell me that over and over again sometimes. And eventually i gave up or she gave up, who knows. But the fact is youre hearing this beating drum from me, from so many other people. Were asking you to stay inside, to stay inside, to stay inside. And i know that its hard. I know that so many of you are getting restless and getting frustrated and wondering when it would come to an end. And really what difference it does make. And let me just go back to what i said earlier about our shelter system. The fact is because so many of you are social socially distancing yourself from one another, whats happening is you are not getting infected, you are not showing up at our hospitals. We have seen a slight reduction in the number of people who are occupying our beds. And even though we know the numbers will continue to go up, even though we know this outbreak at one of our shelters has been challenging, the fact is because of what you are doing, we are able to move quickly to address an outbreak. Because of what you are doing, we are able to redeploy medical Health Professionals to one of our Shelter Systems in order to provide the resources necessary to take care of those 70 people that have been infected, because you are staying at home, you are making a difference. And when you look at other places all over the world, im sure youve seen some of the videos of the hospitals in new york, youve seen the videos of some of the hospitals in italy. Youve seen some of the videos of people who cant bury their family members. To think about it. Because you are following the order, you are making a difference for others in this city. So i just want to ask you, again, because we know that the weather is going to be really nice this weekend. We know that its so tempting, especially because its also easter, today is good friday, its easter, its its a very spiritual time for so many people who are religious. And folks are probably thinking just this one time, i miss my friends, i miss my family members. I want to have dinner together. I just want to sit down and enjoy their company. And as hard as it is to be isolated in your home, im going to ask just one more time that you dont tempt yourself, you dont do it this one time. Because that one time could be problematic. I saw on the news this past week a family that got together for Birthday Party for one of their family members and now every one of them are infected. They dont know how, they dont know where it came from, but the fact is they are all infected. We all heard about the choir in washington state. They practiced social distancing at choir rehearsal. The order was already in place there, 45 members were infected and two died. And so as hard as it is to stay at home, to continue life in a world thats not normal for us, its necessary. It does make a difference. It does save lives. And some of the things that you can continue to do is call people, you can zoom call with folks if you have that level of technology. And you can just reach out and check on folks. I also talked about the note i got from a neighbor with their email and their phone number, asking if i needed any errands to be run or just someone to talk to. Thats going to be critical to getting through this is how and social distancing is probably not the best term developed to talk about this. Its really about physically distancing ourselves of my its important that we physically distance ourselves but we continue to engage with one another. We continue to reach out to one another for help, for support, or what have you. So as we go into the weekend, we are going to be watching closely and monitoring our parks. We are going to be monitoring various locations where we know large groups of people gather. And i hope that we wont be forced to close any parks or make any adjustments because people are not following the order. We want you to get fresh air, we want you to get outdoor exercise in whatever way you feel is appropriate. We want you to walk your dog. We want you to be able to do some of the basic things of Grocery Shopping and what have you. But as you do those errands, make sure that you keep your distance from others that are not a part of your household. Make sure that after you are done, you go home. Make sure that youre not driving to locations that arent near where you live because that creates a bigger problem than what we want to happen in our city. And then it forces us to make adjustments in order to keep you safe. And i want people to have the ability to just go outside and get some fresh air and because so many of you have cooperated with this order, we are here. And as i said, as we go into easter sunday, i want to again thank folks from the interfaith counsel, michael was here on wednesday, and i continue to be grateful for your prayers and your support during this difficult time. So many people who are spiritual are really not only struggling themselves but so many are reaching out and praying for others and this is definitely a time to just remind us of how challenging it has been with so many folks who are part of our community, but also the acts of kindness, the acts of love, the things that people in the city have continued to do to just really amaze me and others has been truly tremendous. And we want to thank you all again for just being good neighbors, being good citizens of the city, continuing to put out positive messages and hope and inspirations. We need it now more than ever. And yes, we are in this together. Which is why we will get through this together. And with that, i would like to take this opportunity to introduce the director of the department of Public Health, dr. Good afternoon. Im dr. Grant colfax, director of health for the city of San Francisco. Thank you, mayor breed. I would like to start by thanking everyone in San Francisco for your cooperation, your sacrifices, and your community spirit. As we join together, we are helping fight the spread of the coronavirus. When you stay home, when you keep 6 feet apart, when you wash your hands and when you cover your nose and mouth when you cough, you are literally saving lives every day. Today i would like to update san franciscans on a few developments in our ongoing work to respond to the coronavirus and to protect our community. Todays data tracker shows there are 797 San Francisco residents with confirmed cases of coronavirus. Sadly, 13 san franciscans have died of the disease. My condolences to their families and loved ones. There are 88 patients reported in the hospitals across San Francisco with coronavirus and approximately onethird of those are in the intensive care unit. Our hospitalization numbers had been holding relatively steady over the past few days, which is positive and good news. But, and i emphasize, but, that number could change at any time. Please stay at home and do your part to keep these numbers steady. At this time, our San FranciscoHospital System has enough beds to care for all of our current coronavirus patients as well as patients who are hospitalized for other reasons. We continue to make progress expanding hospital bed capacity for an expected surge of coronavi