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So, uh, as was the case two days ago. I will try to contextualize where we are give you the updated number on the number of tested positive tests in the state of California. The number of deaths give you a sense of where we're going with an executive order that I signed yesterday evening on with new guidance, as relates to large, non essential events 250 or more in the state of California on we will walk through details of the Grand Princess as well a CZ Those operations are now moving into their final phase. Just beginning. Update 198 individuals in the state of California have been tested positive. That's in addition of 21 individuals from yesterday, 10% roughly increase from yesterday. As you know, we had our fourth tragic loss of life in Southern California. Los Angeles area Santa Clara Plaster County Appear in course now down in L. A. We are currently way have currently 8200 27 kits or capacity to test. We have over 8000 tests available. We have currently conducted some 1500 and 73 tests in the state of California. I continue to reinforce the tests are not complete, meaning the test kits do not include, in every case the Arnie extraction kits, the re agents, the chemicals, the solutions that are components of the broader test. This is imperative that the federal government on dhe labs across the United States, not the state of California, get the benefit of all the ingredients that are components of the test. I'm surprised this is not Maur of, but national conversation. We need to focus in on these tests. I will remind you it's not completely well. I think it's very much in line. These tests with you're going to the store purchasing a printer but forgetting to purchase the ink so you need multiple components. And so it's incumbent upon all of us to make sure those components are intact. That said, we are trance transitioning and transferring those components throughout our 18 labs that are currently testing throughout the state of California. So some labs have tests, but don't have the re agents were sending those re agents down to those laps. That's a example here in Sacramento, and we're addressing those things in real time quest as you know, has been in operation in San Juan Capistrano since the beginning of the week. They have been conducting 1200 tests today, yesterday and the day before. As I mentioned 24 48 hours ago. We are looking forward to two new Quest labs coming online in the state of California by the end of the month. That will provide testing capacity of those those three commercial labs north of 5000 tests a day. We're also looking to centralize testing locations and been working overtime. We have another meeting today at 2 30 to consider multiple sites throughout the state of California working with county partners to set up a centralized testing sites. That we can have a significant increase capacity of testing that will aid in advance our efforts not only on efficiency but also focus on addressing the needs of our front line employees throughout our system to focus on the traditional challenges that they face during flu season and the traditional about challenges they face with incoming patients, not just Corona novel Corona cases. So those those centralized facilities, we hope, are up and running by next week, and as I said, we're working overtime to secure the resource is in a resource for a mind set to get those operationalized. In addition to that, As you know, we're still able to send tests out of state partners with the other commercial lab on. We now have four other points of testing in the state of California, with Stanford doing tests now U. C L A, U, C, San Diego and the City of Hope. Those four hospitals are also providing tests. In addition to Quest. In addition to the 18 state labs, we have expectation that as early as next week, Kaiser will start testing, and we're working with U C Davis and U C Irvine to complement those efforts. So we'll go from four to potentially seven. Hospital cites a CZ early as next week in addition to Quest, which will go from one testing facility in San Juan Capistrano. 22 additional testing facilities, we hope by the end of the month. So I'm giving you a broad overview of our testing protocols testing capacity. They are improving, but they're still challenges, and we need to own up to that, and we need to be forthright and honest about what those are