Silicon Valley residents rise to the occasion by crafting protective face masks for the region’s frontline responders.

As of today, there are a total of 1,666 confirmed cases and 60 deaths in Santa Clara County. Nearly 200 are hospitalized and 74 are in the ICU.

An infectious disease’s transmissibility is defined as its reproduction rate. And the novel coronavirus virus is very good at reproducing.

The Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce hosts meetings online to keep businesses connected despite the physical isolation.

Forty-two more people have also tested positive for the highly contagious virus, placing the total number of confirmed cases at 1,484.

The project serves as a reminder about how even in the most difficult circumstances, people are coming together to serve others in need.

Council members Raul Peralez and Magdalena Carrasco opted to withdraw their proposal to instead pursue a citywide rent freeze.

Santa Clara has joined a long list of government bodies putting public records requests on the back burner amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

County Supervisor Mike Wasserman emphasized that the order is about “protecting the people who protect us.”

Engineers from Maker Nexus—a 3D printing company in Sunnyvale—channel their ingenuity to address a shortfall of protective equipment.

In addition to making shelter-in-place kits, the nonprofit has teamed up with a manufacturer to make 3,000 gallons of FDA-grade hand sanitizer.

The city manager is expected to roll his budget proposal in May before the council approves the final 2020-21 spending plan in late June.

The county’s chief health officer talks about what would have happened had she not issued the nation’s first sweeping stay-at-home order. 

The county is also working with local hotels and homeless shelters to isolate and care for people who have nowhere else to go.

Sierra Circuits provides medical equipment to dozens of customers, including one that makes a quick-turnaround COVID-19 test.

No new deaths were reported, so the local death toll remains at 39. Meanwhile, the county reports that nearly 11,000 people have been tested.