Wednesday proved to be the most dangerous day for California since authorities started tracking cases in the COVID-19 outbreak, with the death toll in the state increasing to 1,433 and the number of confirmed cases climbing to 37,679
Last Wednesday was the Bay Area’s worst day, but this past Wednesday marked its 2nd highest in the number of deaths, with 20 people succumbing to the deadly infection. Worst hit in the state was the Los Angeles location, which tape-recorded 66 new deaths.
Stay up to date with the virus’ spread out with our Bay Area county-by-county map and our California-wide map.
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Live updates:
Three Alameda County nursing homes in Oakland, Hayward and Castro Valley, represent 18 of the deaths from COVID-19 in the county. The assisted living home also have practically 200 clients and personnel that are confirmed cases of the coronavirus.– Thomas Peele, 2: 11 p.m.
Broadcom, which makes semiconductors and software for interactions devices, appears to be planning to resume its doors, starting on Monday, ahead of any go back to work order. Workers in 4 departments will be on a one week on, three weeks off rotation. The move implies the business will be operating with 25 percent of its work force on any provided week.– Rex Crum, 1: 54 p.m.
At a time when California’s death toll from coronavirus is poised to climbed past 1,500, Gov. Gavin Newsom stated there was some good news in the fight against COVID-19– Kerry Crawley, 1: 47 p.m.
A lot of states had actually allowed their stockpile of products required to deal with a pandemic to drop to dangerously low levels and have actually been scrambling to handle the shortage since COVID-19 seeped into our lives. The reasons include a decline in public health financing, an expense conserving policy of not having too many products, and the belief, now disproved, that the federal government could pertain to the rescue with its Strategic National Stockpile.– Associated Press, 1: 07 p.m.
After more than 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths at retirement home throughout the nation, the majority of them still don’t have access to an enough variety of tests to control break outs, and the federal and state governments, with the exception of West Virginia, are not mandating tests for all homeowners and personnel.– Associated Press, 12: 21 p.m.
Neither the federal government nor the leader in assisted living home deaths, New york city, has actually mandated screening for all homeowners and staff
The U.S. Legislature took to the floor Thursday, some using mask and bandannas, to discuss an almost $500 billion measure that would help businesses and health centers ride out the coronavirus’ destruction. The relief bundle is anticipated to be approved later on today.– Associated Press, 11: 13 a.m.
The nation’s little farms are rushing to keep their farms afloat in the coronavirus crisis. Confusion over application for aid has complicated the issue.– CNN, 10: 59 a.m.
Health authorities in San Francisco on Thursday reported a spike in validated cases of COVID-19 and the rate of positive tests in the city. The case count in the city increased by 69, rising to 1,302, which is second-largest day-to-day boost in more than a week.– Evan Webeck, 10: 31 a.m.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s earliest bro, Don Reed Herring, has passed away from coronavirus, the senator revealed Thursday.– Boston Herald, 8: 59 a.m.
Iconic clothes store, Space, might not have enough cash to continue operations due to the fact that of revenues losses they are experiencing the coronavirus lockdown. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday, the San Francisco-based Gap stated that due to the fact that of the pandemic, it has closed, or reduced operating hours at many of its shops around the world.– Rex Crum, 7: 55 a.m.
Bay Area restaurants are distressed for the time when they can safely resume their dining-room, but the future is cloudy with proposed constraints on the variety of restaurants they can seat.– Jessica Yadegaran, 6: 55 a.m.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has actually asked city staff to deal with county officials on what services will be the very first to resume once restrictions start to relieve. Stating he wants the city to have its say, he’s asked staff to look at organisations now deemed as excessive, however that appear relatively safe to think about when the doors start to reopen.– Maggie Angst, 6: 05 a.m.
In a five-week duration, practically 3.4 million Californians submitted for joblessness claims, consisting of 530,000 last week.– George Avalos, 6: 17 a.m.
Older individuals, who are most at risk from COVID-19, might have unusual and various symptoms of the virus, which can postpone them receiving medical assistance. In many cases, they have none of the most common symptoms of the infection– fever, persistent cough, shortness of breath– and rather might appear “off” and lethargic, and lose their hunger.– Judith Graham, 5: 27 a.m.
San Clemente wished to motivate social distancing, so it filled its skateboard park with sand to discourage skaterboarders. They didn’t consider the dirt cyclists.– CNN, 4: 12 a.m.
Disney heiress Abigail Disney is outraged that the business furloughed 100,000 workers worldwide while giving its executives heft bonus offers and paying and investors dividends. Executives have actually taken pay cuts and its chairman is forgoing his wage through the pandemic.– CNN, 4: 32 a.m.
When it concerned emergency bank loan, California received the most money, however Texas had the most recipients. Almost 135,000 loans were authorized for businesses in Texas in the very first wave, totaling nearly $285 billion, while California, with 1.4 million more services than the Lone Star state, had practically 113,000 authorized loans.– CNN, 4: 18
The California Highway Patrol is briefly banning rallies at the state Capitol and other state facilities because of the pandemic. The change in policy followed numerous protesters gathered on the Capitol premises in Sacramento on Monday, numerous without wearing masks or following suggestions to stay more than 6 feet apart to slow the spread of the coronavirus.– Associated Press, 4 a.m.
An unidentified variety of employees at a Whole Foods shop in Mill Valley have actually evaluated positive for the coronavirus, however the shop, situated at 731 E. Blithedale Ave., remains open after multiple expert deep cleansings.– Matthew Pera, 3: 55 a.m.
With the state’s highways almost empty of traffic, some drivers are putting the pedal to the metal. From March 19 to April 19, California Highway Patrol released 2,493 citations to motorists implicated of traveling at 100 mph and greater, nearly doubling the variety of high speed citations offered for the very same time period last year.– Eric Licas, 3: 47 a.m.
