Coronavirus live updates: 2 more counties to defy state’s stay-home order

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Total coronavirus cases:

• 52,208 in California, including 2,132 deaths.

• 8,263 in the Bay Area, including 304 deaths.

• More than 1.1 million in the U.S., including 65,244 deaths. The five states with the highest death tolls are New York with 24,039; New Jersey with 7,538; Michigan with 3,866; Massachusetts with 3,716 and Pennsylvania with 2,635. Click here to see a U.S. map with state-by-state death tolls and coronavirus case counts.

• More than 3.3 million in the world, with more than 239,000 deaths. More than 1.06 million people have recovered.

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Latest updates from today:

10:54 a.m. Coronavirus death toll up to 29 in San Francisco: City health officials confirmed 20 new cases and one additional death from COVID-19. San Francisco has seen 29 deaths and a total of 1,543 confirmed infections.

10:49 a.m. Yuba, Sutter counties to partly reopen: Two more Northern California counties — Yuba and Sutter in the Sacramento Valley — are preparing to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide shelter-in-place order by allowing some businesses to reopen on Monday as long as they follow social distancing protocols. They include dine-in restaurants (with family members only at the same table), gyms, salons, tattoo parlors, retailers and malls. The two counties, which sit side by side north of Sacramento, are among six in the Sacramento Valley that unsuccessfully petitioned the governor last week to ease up on his orders. On Friday, tiny Modoc County, on the state’s northerneastern border, allowed most businesses to reopen.

10:31 a.m. Head of Pacific Fleet visits battleship as crews change: Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited the crew of the Theodore Roosevelt that was hit by a coronavirus outbreak and thanked them for their resilience and commitment. His visit came as the Navy relieved the crew on board and replaced them with a crew of healthy sailors. “These patriots on TR have not only fulfilled their solemn oath to the Constitution by fighting all enemies, they have also provided extremely important information enabling our medical experts to develop solutions to this virus for the entire nation,” Acquilino said in Guam, where the ship has been docked since March 27.

10:08 a.m. Santa Cruz beaches closed in middle of day: Whether or not the clouds clear and the temperatures rise, today will not be a beach day in Santa Cruz. The county has closed all of its beaches from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in an effort to keep crowds from gathering on the sand and violating social distancing rules. Surfers, swimmers and other people engaged in water activities are allowed to cross the sand to the water but nobody is allowed to loiter or linger.

9:27 a.m. Why California won’t enlist pharmacies to test for coronavirus: The state must dramatically increase coronavirus testing to reopen schools and the economy, but one widely available resource remains untapped: pharmacies. Read more here.

9:24 a.m. Prison riot in Brazil: Inmates at a prison in the Amazon rainforest hit hard by the coronavirus have taken seven guards hostage, Reuters reports. The uprising is in the city of Manaus, where public services have been overwhelmed, bodies are being buried in mass graves and officials are warning of a coming shortage of coffins.

9:08 a.m. Alameda County breaks down coronavirus data by ZIP code: It is the latest Bay Area county to begin tracking hospitalizations and case counts by ZIP code on its online dashboard.

9:05 a.m. How Bay Area residents are getting their sports sports fix during the pandemic: Runners and bikers are everywhere. With more time in the day and fewer cars on the road, it’s a nice way to exercise and see the sights. For those preferring other ways to do sports at a distance, it has been a bit tougher during the coronavirus pandemic, but some people have found creative ways to get their fix.

9:02 a.m. Russia numbers spike: Concern is growing in Moscow that hospitals might become overwhelmed after Russia recorded a new one-day high of 9,633 new infections, a 20% increase over Friday’s count, which itself was a new daily record, the Associated Press reports. About one-third of 10,000 workers at a a major oil field are believed to be infected.

8:37 a.m. Bird-watching soars during pandemic: With coronavirus restrictions dragging on, interest in bird-watching has soared as bored Americans notice a fascinating world just outside their windows, the Associated Press reports.

8:11 a.m. Mayor says San Jose has ample coronavirus tests available: Sam Liccardo, mayor of the city in hard-hit Santa Clara County, took to Twitter to encourage residents to be tested through ProjectBaseline.com. He said state guidelines allow testing only for residents with symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, fever), but this week acceptable symptoms also will include chills, muscle pain, headache and sore throat. Workers in high-risk professions (health care, nursing homes, jails, first responders) also are eligible.

f you need a #COVID19 diagnostic test and you live in #SantaClaraCounty: complete the screener at https://t.co/DR47MBN59m. State guidelines will dictate eligibility for #testing, but our @verilylifesci testing sites in @CityofSanJose have ample capacity. #SiliconValleyStrong

— Sam Liccardo (@sliccardo) May 2, 2020

7:33 a.m. CDC official says U.S. missed some chances to slow coronavirus: The U.S. government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which accelerated outbreaks across the nation, the No. 2 official at the Centers for Disease Control said. Limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late February, said Dr. Anne Schuchat. “We clearly didn’t recognize the full importations that were happening,” she told the Associated Press.

7:26 a.m. Poison center’s calls skyrocket after Trump muses about disinfectants curing coronavirus: New York City health officials took 151 calls in the 30 hours — five per hour, a 250% increase — after President Trump suggested ingesting disinfectant could eliminate the coronavirus. At least 39 calls specifically involved ingestion of bleach or disinfectants, the New York Daily News reports.

6:59 a.m. For sports, coronavirus testing a major hurdle: Politicians, players and owners are trying to figure out a way to get baseball, basketball and hockey going again, not only for economic reasons but as a welcome diversion for a social distancing nation facing uncertain times. But to do so would require commandeering thousands of test kits each week for millionaire pro athletes and support staff, something many view as unseemly, especially when ordinary Americans are waiting in line. Read more here.

6:52 a.m. Why some self-employed Californians are mad about unemployment benefits: The state’s push to get employers to treat workers like employees, not independent contractors, has backfired for some “hybrid” workers who were mostly self-employed last year but had a client or two that paid them like employees and reported their earnings on Form W-2. Kathleen Pender reports the full story here.

6:11 a.m. Newsom makes CalWorks eligibility more flexible during shelter-in-place: In an executive order issued Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom made it easier for counties to enroll people in social assistance, despite social distancing requirements. The order waives requirements for in-person interviews, allows women to attest they are pregnant without medical verification, and allows people with an income below 200% of the federal poverty level to receive a lump sum payment, instead of dispersed CalWorks grants.

Updates from Friday:

11:15 p.m. More than 30 arrested at Capitol protest against stay-at-home order: The California Highway Patrol reported late Friday that officers cited and detained 32 people for failing to disperse during an afternoon protest at the state Capitol. Hundreds gathered on the steps of the building in defiance of a statewide stay-at-home order calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen California, leading to a confrontation with law enforcement. Read the whole story here.

10:15 p.m. Vacaville barber re-opens, gets cited for violating coronavirus public health orders: City officials served a cease-and-desist notice to a Vacaville barbershop that opened its doors for business on Friday in violation of state and county public health orders. Read the whole story here.

7:18 p.m. Oakland expands testing, adds more ‘Slow Streets’: Mayor Libby Schaaf said Friday that anyone with COVID-19 symptoms who lives or works in Alameda County can schedule a free appointment to get tested by calling 311. People older than 65, those with chronic health issues or frontline workers can get tested if they believe they have been exposed but are asymptomatic. In addition, Schaaf urged people to avoid crowding at Lake Merritt this weekend and said five new streets have been added to the Slow Streets program.

7:07 p.m. Massachusetts governor issues statewide order requiring face coverings: Gov. Charles Baker issued an order Friday requiring face coverings for Massachusetts residents while they are in public places where social distancing is not possible. The order, which applies to both indoor and outdoor public spaces, will take effect on Wednesday, May 6th. Massachusetts has been among the states hardest-hit by the coronavirus, with more than 3,700 deaths.

6:52 p.m. Marin County reports two more cases: Two more coronavirus cases were reported in Marin County on Friday, bringing the county’s confirmed coronavirus case total to 239, according to Marin Health & Human Services data. No new deaths were reported on Friday.

6:05 p.m. San Jose airport to require face coverings starting Monday: Travelers and staff at the Mineta San Jose International Airport will be required to wear face coverings starting Monday, airport officials said. These can include bandanas, homemade masks or non-medical masks.

6:02 p.m. Prisons are going to great lengths to protect inmates and staff, state lawyers say: Lawyers for California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told a federal judge in a filing Friday that all 110,000 prisoners, and guards and other staff at state prisons, have been issued cloth masks and directed to wear them when in dormitories or moving around the institution. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of Oakland, a Sacramento judge and a three-judge panel are considering requests by prisoner advocates to order substantial reductions in the inmate population to provide spacing needed for protection from COVID-19. As of Friday, the department reported 226 coronavirus cases among inmates, with one death, and 152 cases among staff.

5:55 p.m. Southern California Safeways to limit meat purchases: Safeway announced temporary restrictions on meat sales in its Southern California locations this week, telling Newsweek that its stores have “implemented a temporary limit on beef, chicken, and pork. The limit is two packages of each commodity per household.” The stores — which include brands that are part of Safeway like Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions — are trying to reduce panic buying; they are not running out of meat.

5:50 p.m. New York nursing home deaths: At a New York City nursing home with 705 beds, 98 residents are thought to have died of the coronavirus, according to the Associated Press — an “absolutely horrifying” situation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

5:43 p.m. Sonoma County extends shelter-at-home order indefinitely, loosens some restrictions: Sonoma County’s shelter-at-home order has been extended with no end date and revised to loosen some restrictions starting Monday, health officer Dr. Sundari Mase said on Friday evening. Similar to other Bay Area orders amended this week, the new order allows outdoor and other businesses like landscaping, construction, real estate viewing and auto and bicycle sales to resume with physical distancing requirements in place. See the full order here.

5:08 p.m. Orange County judge refuses to block Gov. Newsom’s order closing OC beaches: On Friday, an Orange County judge rejected a request from the city of Huntington Beach that sought a temporary restraining order to keep Orange County beaches open, according to the Los Angeles Times. The rejection comes a day after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a “hard close” of Orange County beaches after tens of thousands of people flocked to beaches in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach last weekend.

5:03 p.m. Youth tests positive at Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall: A youth who was admitted to Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall two weeks ago has tested positive for COVID-19, county officials said on Friday. He or she is currently “doing well” and was never placed within the general population due to COVID-19 preventative measures. All other youth and staff who had significant contact with the person are being tested, and no results have been positive so far.

4:48 p.m. Nurses join May Day protests: Nurses rallied at UCSF’s Parnassus campus Friday — International Worker’s Day — as part of a national effort to protest the reuse masks when working with COVID-19. Read the full story here.

4:47 p.m. Solano County launches phone line for seniors: Older adults, people with disabilities or caregivers in Solano County can call a new telephone hotline at (707) 784-1607 Monday through Friday during business hours to ask questions or get connected to housing, food and mental health services. County officials also created a “how to help” script for people tasked with checking in on older neighbors or relatives.

4:45 p.m. Metallica reunites virtually: The band surprised fans with a physically distanced video for the stripped down remake of the opening song from its 1988 album “…And Justice For All,” with all the band members shooting their parts in their own homes and studios.

4:36 p.m. Washington governor to extend stay at home order through May: Gov. Jay Inslee said during a Friday news briefing that he will issue an extension of Washington’s stay-at-home order on Monday. The new order, which will continue to require many businesses to stay closed and ban public gatherings, will be in place until May 31. The state will follow a four-phase plan to reopen.

4:35 p.m. Presidio lays off 20% of staff: The Presidio Trust, which manages the huge national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, confirmed Friday that it will lay off 20% of its staff because of a projected drop in revenue. It’s also freezing hiring and cutting pays for executives at the trust, which had a staff of 350 when the year began.

4:24 p.m. Fauci blocked from giving House testimony, official says: Evan Hollander, a spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee, said renowned national infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci was prevented by the White House from testifying at a hearing on the coronavirus crisis, according to the Associated Press. The White House said Fauci is tied up with the crisis, according to the AP.

4:13 p.m. Hundreds of thousands of self-employed Californians seek unemployment aid: The California Employment Development Department has received more than 340,000 applications for unemployment benefits since Tuesday, when it added pandemic unemployment assistance to its “UI Online” application portal, California Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a Facebook conference Friday afternoon. People not eligible for regular state unemployment benefits — including the self-employed — may get federally funded pandemic assistance, nicknamed PUA. To put the 340,000 into perspective, last week EDD processed 328,042 claims for regular unemployment, but that was down from an average of 750,000 per week the previous four weeks.

4:09 p.m. Hundreds more state health care worker infections reported: As of April 30, local health departments reported 5,617 confirmed coronavirus cases among health care workers, marking an increase of 301 new cases from the day before, according to data released Friday by the California Department of Public Health. Officials reported 31 deaths as of April 30, which marks two additional deaths than the day before, public health officials said.

4:09 p.m. Bay Area studies expected to reveal extent of asymptomatic cases: Dr. Bonnie Maldonado, a Stanford Medicine researcher, said during a Zuckerberg Facebook Live talk that she thinks the symptomatic cases that officials have reported so far represent a small portion of the total population infected. Maldonado and other Bay Area scientists are starting studies to test thousands across the region that could reveal the extent of spread. “I think what we’re seeing is the tip of the pyramid,” she said.

4:07 p.m. Stanford expert says at least one year expected before safe vaccine: Dr. Bonnie Maldonado, a vaccine expert at Stanford Medicine leading a serology study, said during a Facebook Live talk with Mark and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg that it will likely be at least a year before scientists can develop a vaccine safe enough for people. In the meantime, scientists can find other drugs to repurpose for fighting the virus, she said.

4:05 p.m. Rage Against the Machine won’t be in the Bay Area until next year: The band announced, like the Eagles and Phish, that it’s postponing its tour until 2021. The band was scheduled to perform last month in between sets at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

3:19 p.m. Trump says ‘never-ending lockdown’ would damage health of U.S. residents: During President Trump’s Friday “Presidential Recognition Ceremony” honoring people who have helped their community in different ways during the coronavirus pandemic, Trump said that federal officials are using a “strategy guided by science, evidence, facts and reason” to reopen the country. “We are now in the process of gradually reopening the country … and it’s being done with a tremendous gusto and vigor,” Trump said. “Never-ending lockdown would inflict colossal damage on the health and lifespans of our people. Public health is closely tied to economic health.””

3:18 p.m. California coronavirus threatens to disrupt political redistricting: The pandemic is forcing delays in the once-a-decade count of the nation’s population, which in turn threatens the state’s deadline for redrawing political boundaries for the 2020s. Chronicle political writer John Wildermuth reports that California may have to turn to the ballot or the courts for help.

2:57 p.m. Phish also postpones tour till next year: On the same day the Eagles announced their tour is being pushed to 2021, Phish said it’s moving it’s summer concert dates to next year too.

2:42 p.m. Bay Area hospitalizations remain at low point: Across the Bay Area, 357 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Thursday, according to the latest state numbers. The figure, the lowest for April, was unchanged from Wednesday. The number of people in intensive care units in the Bay Area ticked up slightly, from 137 on Wednesday to 143 on Thursday.

2:30 p.m. Homeless activists take over vacant home in SF’s Castro: Homeless activists took over a vacant home in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood Friday as May Day protests erupted throughout the region in spite of ongoing shelter-in-place orders. A new group called ReclaimSF organized Friday’s protest, saying that Mayor London Breed had not provided enough safe lodging to accommodate thousands of homeless people who now live in tent encampments, residential hotels of packed homeless shelters. Read the full story by Chronicle reporter Rachel Swan.

2:26 p.m. Bay Area residents debate shelter in place extension: Around the region, people are grappling with the complicated, unsolvable questions about whether it’s best for society to stay at home, harming the economy and jobs, or return to a semblance of normalcy. Read the full story here.

2:22 p.m. Newsom says California may be “days, not weeks” away from easing some restrictions: The changes would apply to the retail and hospitality industries, and could be announced as soon as early next week, Newsom said at a press conference Friday.

1:55 p.m. Best Bay Area meal kits during pandemic: Many restaurants now offer meal kits, a concept familiar to fans of Blue Apron or supermarket staples like Hamburger Helper. The Chronicle tried a selection from Bay Area businesses, and here are some of the best.

1:50 p.m. Former A’s minor-leaguer dies of COVID-19: Miguel Marte died of complications from COVID-19 this week at the age of 30, the team announced.

1:47 p.m. Contra Costa announces additional death: Another person in Contra Costa County has died of COVID-19, health officials said. The county has recorded 28 deaths and confirmed 907 coronavirus cases.

1:46 p.m. Hundreds protest statewide stay-at-home order: Hundreds of protesters gathered on the steps of the state Capitol on Friday, in defiance of a statewide stay-at-home order, to demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom reopen California. About 40 people rallied outside San Francisco City Hall, saying that the stay-at-home orders are overblown and are harming the economy and people’s mental health. Read more here.

1:35 p.m. Alameda County announces two more coronavirus deaths: Two more people in Alameda County died of COVID-19 as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased to 1,636, according to health officials. The county has recorded 62 deaths.

1:28 p.m. Solano County amends health order to allow golf, other recreation: Health officials have amended the shelter-at-home order to include outdoor recreational activities as essential activities, Solano County announced on Friday. These activities include golfing, hiking, biking, walking, boating and jogging, among others, and people still must remain 6 feet apart. Unlike other Bay Area counties, Solano County’s order expires May 17.

1:24 p.m. Santa Clara County reports two additional deaths: County officials reported 21 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus and two additional deaths on Friday, bringing the county totals to 2,179 cases and 113 deaths. Of those, 419 cases and 43 deaths are linked to long-term care facilities.

1:17 p.m. San Mateo County releases coronavirus data by ZIP code as cases near 1,200: With pressure heating up from residents, San Mateo County officials began reporting coronavirus cases by ZIP code Thursday to provide a more granular picture of how the disease has spread throughout the community. Read the full story here.

1:14 p.m. Stocks fall again: Wall Street started May the way it closed out April — with a loss. Stock indexes closed lower Friday after Amazon and other big companies reported disappointing earnings, showing how the coronavirus pandemic is hobbling the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down more than 620 points at 23,723.69, a loss of more than 2.5%. The broader S&P 500 lost nearly 3% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq slid more than 3%.

1:09 p.m. Coronavirus shutdown forces Bay Area LGBTQ community to reinvent itself: After bars and nightclubs closed, the Bay Area queer community lost its places of refuge. And bartenders, promoters, DJs, drag performers and go-go dancers have lost their jobs. Time to reinvent. Read more here.

12:54 p.m. Coronavirus drug gets fast approval: U.S. regulators will allow the emergency use of remdesivir, the first drug shown to help coronavirus patients. Foster City-based Gilead is gearing up to manufacture millions of doses.

12:49 p.m. Newsom won’t get involved with protests, encourages safety: Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged protesters throughout California to practice safety. Asked about enforcement of physical distancing at protests, Newsom deferred to authorities, saying “I am not there, I am here.” He acknowledged the demonstrators and encouraged them to “take care of yourself, wear a face covering, do justice to physical distancing — you don’t want to contract this disease.”

12:45 p.m. Stark milestone for Bay Area: The nine-county region has recorded its 300th death from the coronavirus. More than 8,000 have been infected in the Bay Area.

12:41 p.m. Newsom hints at reduction of stay-at-home orders soon: Gov. Gavin Newsom said state officials “are getting very, very close to making some announcements that I think will be very meaningful to people” about reducing stay-at-home orders in certain regions and business sectors, but he cautioned that any reopening of businesses would come with major modifications.

12:35 p.m. Newsom says fewer suspected of having the coronavirus: The number of people under investigation for suspicion of having the coronavirus in hospitals across California decreased by 13.9%, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

12:32 p.m. With bulky pickup suspended, Oakland offers temporary junk dropoff service: For the duration of shelter-in-place, Oakland residents can now make an appointment to drop off old couches, moldy mattresses and other large junk at Waste Management’s transfer station on Davis Street in San Leandro. Waste Management, the city’s garbage contractor, suspended its curbside bulky pickup service until July 1 to limit the spread of coronavirus, but it’s offering the dropoff option to prevent too much junk from piling up along sidewalks and roadways.

12:26 p.m. State records 91 deaths in 24 hours, reaches grim milestones: Ninety-one more people died in California over the past 24 hours as the state surpassed 2,000 deaths and 50,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced. “Don’t think this virus has disappeared,” he said. Newsom cautioned that the number of positive tests was not encouraging but has increased as the state ramps up testing.

12:20 p.m. California has distributed $7.5 billion to nearly 4 million unemployed: State officials have provided $7.5 billion in unemployment benefits as the number of people who have applied for unemployment insurance since March 12 reached 3.9 million, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.

12:15 p.m. State has booked 78,000 hotel room nights for health care workers: Gov. Gavin Newsom said state officials have secured 78,000 nights in hotel rooms to be given to health care employees who need a place to rest for free or deeply discounted.

12:14 p.m. California received 5.2 million masks in past 48 hours: Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state received 5.2 million surgical masks over the previous 48 hours, 5.1 million of which have been distributed. “We have to protect these frontline employees,” he said at his daily briefing.

12:13 p.m. Eagles postpone tour again: The Eagles have once again rescheduled the dates for their highly anticipated “Hotel California” tour in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, pushing the concerts back to fall 2021.

12:11 p.m. New Mexico blocks roads into Gallup as coronavirus cases surge: The governor of New Mexico invoked the state’s Riot Control Act as she sealed off all roads to nonessential traffic in the city of Gallup to help control a surging coronavirus outbreak in the former trading post city on the outskirts of the Navajo Nation. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham also announced a ban on routine outings and required that businesses close from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. in the city of about 70,000. COVID-19 infection rates in Gallup and surrounding McKinley County make it one of the worst U.S. hot spots for the pandemic as patients overwhelm intensive care facilities.

11:38 a.m. May Day protests kicking off in Bay Area: The tradition of May 1 protests for workers’ rights is continuing, but with crucial changes: Two large events in San Francisco and Oakland will take the form of car caravans with participants wearing masks and keeping their distance.

11:28 a.m. Hospital group presses Gov. Newsom on nurses: The California Hospital Association sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, seeking his help in resolving a lingering problem for the state’s nursing students. They cannot land the clinical hours required to graduate, because hospitals throughout the state stopped providing those hours during the coronavirus pandemic. The Board of Registered Nursing lowered the direct-patient requirement to 50% in late March, but this week’s letter asks the governor to “further relax the requirement … allowing up to 75% of clinical hours to be in simulation.”

11:24 a.m. White House to distribute $12 billion to nearly 400 hospitals that have cared for most COVID-19 patients: The Trump administration plans to distribute $12 billion to 395 hospitals that have cared for more than 70% of COVID-19 patients in the country, new White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Friday. The press briefing was the first held by a White House spokesperson in more than a year.

11:15 What does feminism look like without child care? It’s not pretty: Bay Area mothers working at home say the coronavirus crisis has them feeling like they’ve stepped into a wormhole to the 1950s. Read the full story by Anna Nordberg.

11:17 a.m. Black salons seemed recession proof; they’re not pandemic proof: For more than a century, salons and barbershops have provided black entrepreneurs a chance to pursue economic freedom. Now they’re threatened. Read more here.

10:57 a.m. Ranger pushed into lake after plea to crowd for social distancing: A park ranger in Austin, Texas, was pushed into Lake Austin by a crowd of people after telling them to stay 6 feet apart, the Austin American-Statesman reports.

10:49 a.m. Georgia confirms 1,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours: One thousand more people in Georgia were confirmed to have the coronavirus in a 24-hour period, increasing the number of known cases in the state to 27,134, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The state has increased testing to nearly 25,000 per day from around 7,000 per day a week ago.

10:43 a.m. UCSF researchers chasing a killer: Jason Fagone reports the inside story of UCSF’s urgent and unprecedented effort to decode and destroy the deadly coronavirus.

10:32 a.m. Coronavirus cases increased more than 1,000-fold in three weeks, CDC says: The number of cases in the United States increased more than 1,000-fold during a three-week period from late February to early March, and cases are likely underestimated, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday. Efforts to mitigate the pandemic’s reach should be refined because some measures — such as quarantines and airport screenings — may be less effective with widespread transmission in certain communities, according to the report.

10:15 a.m. SF to mandate universal testing at nursing homes: San Francisco health officials are preparing to issue a health order next week that will mandate regular, universal COVID-19 testing for residents and staff in the city’s 21 skilled nursing facilities. The order will require public and private nursing homes to test residents and staff. Testing will begin Monday at Laguna Honda Hospital, which has already endured an outbreak. Read the full story here.

10:20 a.m. 20 meat workers have died of COVID-19, nearly 5,000 cases in plants: Twenty people working throughout 115 meat and poultry processing facilities in 19 states across the nation have died of COVID-19, and 4,913 coronavirus cases have been confirmed, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday. The report comes as the federal government has insisted plants remain open.

10:02 a.m. Clorox sales way up during pandemic: High demand for its products gave Clorox its biggest rise in quarterly sales in a decade, Reuters reports.

10:01 a.m. U.S. issues safety tips for food establishments: Food and beverage businesses should avoid direct handoffs with customers, designate curbside pickup spots and allow workers to wear masks, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommended Friday in a set of safety tips. The tips also recommended businesses display on doors or sidewalks what services are available for customers and instructions for pickup, mark 6-foot distances and encourage customers to pay ahead as well as to provide hand-washing stations and alcohol-based rubs that contain at least 60% alcohol. Workers should also be encouraged to report safety or health concerns.

9:54 a.m. A $7 million fund to help out-of-work bartenders is rejecting 90% of applicants: Supported by donations from big alcohol companies, the U.S. Bartenders’ Guild said it could help bartenders who lost their jobs in an emergency. But most Bay Area professionals have been denied. Read more here.

9:47 a.m. Rare inflammatory syndrome affecting children may be tied to COVID-19: Doctors in Britain said Friday a rare inflammatory syndrome affecting children may be connected to COVID-19 but they don’t know for certain if the infection causes the syndrome, the Associated Press reports. The Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health said it would release a detailed definition of the syndrome.

9:37 a.m. New York to offer essential workers free mental health services: Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will provide free mental health services to essential workers during the pandemic. “There is no cost to get mental health services so just wipe that reason away,” Cuomo said, directing insurers to waive cost sharing, co-pays and deductibles.

9:32 a.m. Nationwide strikes for worker protection, free health care: May Day strikes across the U.S. will push for protective equipment and free health care, along with equitable education, rent and mortgage payment strikes, and the release of prisoners at risk of being infected by coronavirus. Participants locally include workers at Whole Foods, Amazon and Target, as well as nurses at Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health and Oakland’s Highland Hospital, said Noura Khouri, a protest organizer in Oakland. Organizers plan to hold strikes and protests the first day of every month.

9:09 a.m. Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms: Farmers who normally raise pigs to send to slaughterhouses are having to do the killing themselves, and many have been devastated by the prospect of euthanizing hundreds of thousands of hogs after the temporary closure of giant pork production plants due to the coronavirus. Read more here.

8:58 a.m. New York sees 289 more coronavirus deaths: The state reported 289 more people died Thursday of COVID-19 as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases remained around 1,000, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “Lower than it’s been but still tragic and terrible,” Cuomo said.

8:57 a.m. New York schools to remain closed through school year: The state’s schools and colleges will remain closed through the rest of the academic year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday. “This is the best course of action to keep students, educators and staff safe,” he said. Read more here.

8:46 a.m. Modoc County violates state stay-at-home order: The rural county in the far northeast corner of California began allowing nonessential businesses to reopen and diners to eat in restaurants, becoming the first to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide orders barring such moves during the coronavirus pandemic. The county of about 9,000 has had no COVID-19 cases.

8:41 a.m. Mexican singer dies of COVID-19 at 85: One of Mexico’s best-known protest singers, Oscar Chávez, died Thursday at age 85 after being infected with the coronavirus. Read more here.

8:23 a.m. New way to experience food in a coronavirus-stricken world: Online cooking classes — conducted via Zoom by San Francisco truffle importers and alums of Yountville’s famed French Laundry — have become a lifeline for Truffle Shuffle, which specializes in the rare, aromatic fungi whose shavings, purees and oils command high prices at many fine dining restaurants. Read more here.

8:02 a.m. San Mateo County confirms three more deaths from coronavirus: Three more people in San Mateo County died of COVID-19 and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 1,197, according to health officials. The county has recorded 51 deaths.

7:46 a.m. Three more deaths from the coronavirus confirmed in San Francisco: Three more people in San Francisco died of COVID-19 as 24 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed, bringing the total of known cases to 1,523, according to the Department of Public Health.

7:32 a.m. San Francisco medical workers saluted: Police and fire officials lined up outside of San Francisco General Hospital on Friday morning to thank medical workers.

❗️Happening Now❗️pic.twitter.com/QTrJ2N4sUx

— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) May 1, 2020

7:21 a.m. UK coronavirus victims mostly poor: Officials say the mortality rate among poorer people with the coronavirus is twice that of the richest in Britain, the Associated Press reports. The Office for National Statistics studied 20,283 deaths between March 1 and April 17. It says the mortality rate in the poorer areas was 55.1 deaths per 100,000 people compared to 25.3 deaths per 100,000 in the richer areas.

7:17 a.m. Safe spaces for the unhoused during pandemic: On the Fifth & Mission podcast, San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman talks about his proposal to alleviate the dangerous crowding in homeless encampments by building sleeping sites in city parking lots, schools and parks. Click here to listen.

7:09 a.m. China seeks to dampen criticism, dispel ‘myths’ about coronavirus origin: China rebutted criticism of its handling of the pandemic and painted itself as a victim in a 4,600-word statement published by the Chinese Embassy in Germany. Among the claims: The coronavirus did not originate in a lab, they did not hide the outbreak, and bat soup is not normally eaten in China. The post here also says bats were not sold at the Wuhan market often mentioned as a likely source of the virus.

6:56 a.m. President’s ‘good people’ tweet draws ire: President Trump, tweeting a plea for Michigan’s governor to meet with armed protesters, referred to the protesters as “very good people.” For many, the phrasing brought to mind a similar statement he made about a Charlottesville, Va., protest, which he said included good people on both sides. A woman was killed at the 2017 Unite the Right rally.

The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2020

6:37 a.m. Stocks drop after April rally: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.7% following one of the market’s best months in decades. Disappointing earnings from big tech companies were a factor weighing on stocks.

6:37 a.m. Huntington Beach votes to sue Newsom: City councilors in Huntington Beach voted 5-2 to take legal action challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to close Orange County beaches. Mayor Lyn Semeta said during an emergency meeting Thursday that Newsom’s staff gave Orange County officials and city managers details about the hard closure as he announced it during a news conference. “As a city I can tell you that all of us were taken aback by that decision and we have serious and significant concerns regarding that particular action,” Semeta said, adding it led officials to schedule the meeting.

6:21 a.m. Coronavirus protests ‘identical’ to early Tea Party rallies, leader says: A former California man who now lives in Texas has been coordinating many of the nationwide protests scheduled for today through his organization, Convention of States. A decade ago, he led one of the nation’s first major Tea Party rallies. Read more here.

6:07 a.m. Work safety strike, coronavirus lockdown protest set for May Day: Essential workers will strike nationwide today to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy. Organizers say employees of Amazon, Whole Foods, Target, Fedex and other companies have become the unexpected frontline workers of the pandemic. Employees will walk off the job or call out sick today on International Workers’ Day to demand unpaid time off work, hazard pay, sick leave, protective gear and cleaning supplies. Read the full story here.

5:55 a.m. Santa Rosa college extends remote learning through end of year: Remote learning will continue for Santa Rosa Junior College students through the end of the fall semester due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

5:52 a.m. Jobless Americans hurt by states’ creaky unemployment systems: The volume of unemployment claims, combined with obsolete technology, is overstressing bureaucracies, Axios.com reports. Many states have built friction into their systems to nudge people back to work. By one estimate, some 14 million have tried but been able to file claims.

5:43 a.m. World markets skid following grim news on US, EU economies: Shares dropped in Europe and Asia after the latest data drove home the extent of economic carnage from the coronavirus pandemic. Many world markets were closed for May Day holidays. Britain’s FTSE 100 sagged 1.9% to 5,788 while U.S. futures fell sharply, with the contract for the S&P 500 down 2.1% and that for the Dow industrials sank 2%. Read more here.

See previous updates in The Chronicle’s comprehensive timeline of the coronavirus outbreak in the Bay Area.