What you need to know: May 5

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Here's what you need to know to start your day on May 5.

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Here's what you need to know to start your day.

Happening today..

Another coronavirus test site is set to open in tehama county... the site will open at the red bluff community and senior center... testing is by appointment only... and the site will be able to do about a hundred tests a day... the site is one of 80 community coronavirus testing sites planned across california..

In two weeks - health workers will move the testing site to corning.

### happening today - the chico city council is set to meet-- virtually.

The council will meet at 6 o clock tonight - topics on the agenda include..

The financial impact of the coronavirus to the local economy and a weed removal program..

The whole meeting will be streamed online- for a link to watch and participate in the meeting.

Visit action news now dot com click on the news tab then news links.### happening today... another step towards getting back to some level of economic normalcy.

Rolling hills casino is set to re-open the links golf course and the resort's convenience store and truck lot.

The paskenta band of nomlaki indiant tribe is hopin* to reopen all of the hotel and casino in the near future.

### action news now is tracking the latest numbers here at home and across the state..

Here in california number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached over 56,000, with deaths still just over 2000.

Nearly half of those confirmed cases are out of los angeles with over 26 thousand confirmed cases..

Governor gavin newsom says california will move into what is described as the second phase of the state's reopening plan... and that is set for friday.

What that means is that lower- risk work places and shops like clothing stores, sporting goods and florists can resume operations..

With modifications, to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus new projections say daily deaths in the pandemic could double by next month!

The new york times cites a draft government report predicting 200- thousand cases and nearly three thousand deaths a day by june first - nearly doubling what we're seeing now.

A separate university of washington model shows deaths skyrocketing to 135-thousand by august.### breaking news this morning- a report from the state of new york state now says there have been more than 1700 undisclosed deaths in nursing homes and adult care facilities... in total the state is estimating at least at least 48 hundred nursing home residents have died from the virus since march 1st.

Nursing home residents have made up roughly one-fourth to one-fifth of the state deaths.### you're never more than 10