Kansas City area had one of the highest increases ever Tuesday

Missouri set a new daily record Tuesday

JOHNNY ROWLANDS NEWSCHOPPER 9BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.ALL RIGHT, JOHNNY.THANKS SO MUCH.WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR THELATEST NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUSCASES IN BOTH, KANSAS ANDMISSOURI TODAY IN THE NINECOUNTY, KANSAS CITY AREA MORETHAN 500 NEW CASES ARE REPORTEDTUESDAY.THAT’S ONE OF THE HIGHEST DAILYINCREASES IN LOCAL CASES SINCETHE PAIN DIMMICK BEGAN HIGHESTNUMBER OF CASES ARE IN JOHNSONCOUNTY WYANDOTTE COUNTY AND,KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.THE STATE OF MISSOURI SET A NEWDAILY RECORD FOR COVID-19 CASESWITH MORE THAN 1,700 SINCEMONDAY AND BECAUSE OF A STEEPRISE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES BOTH,KANSAS AND MISSOURI ARE NOWCONSIDERED RED ZONE STATES KMBC9S.MATT EVANS BREAKS IT ALL DOWNFOR US THIS MORNING.THERE ARE NOW 21 STATES ACROSSTHE COUNTRY ON THIS RED ZONELIST THE MOST SERIOUS CATEGORYFOR A STATE TO MAKE IT INTO WHENIT COMES TO CORONAVIRUS SPREADTHIS ACCORDING TO A FEDERALREPORT THAT WAS RELEASED EARLIERON THIS WEEK.A LOOK AT ALL 21 A TO MISSOURIIN KANSAS INCLUDED IN THEMKANSAS WAS ADDED IN A PREVIOUSREPORT IN MID-JULY, MISSOURIJOINING NORTH DAKOTA ANDWISCONSIN AS THE THREE STATESADDED TO THE LIST OF THIS WEEK.A STATE MAKES ITS WAY INTO THERED ZONE IF FOR REPORTS MORETHAN 100 NEW CASES PER 100,000PEOPLE IN A WEEK THE MORE THANFOUR HUNDRED PAGE REPORTCOMPILED BY THE WHITE HOUSECORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE ANDOBTAINED AND RELEASED BY THE NEWYORK TIMES I SENT TO THENATION’S GOVERNOR’S EACH WEEKAND RECOMMENDS TIGHTERPRESTRICTIONS IN PLACE FOR SOMEOF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS FOREXAMPLE HERE IN THERE ARE 13COUNTIES SPECIFICALLY LISTED INTHE RED ZONE THERE ON YOURSCREEN RIGHT NOW AND IN THOSECOUNTIES THE TASK FORCE SUGGESTTHE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ISSUE MASKMANDATES CLOSED PLACES LIKE BARSAND GEMS AND LIMIT SOCIALGATHERINGS TO 10 OR FEWER PEOPLEACCORDING TO THIS REPORT VERMONTIS THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRYTHAT IS IN THE GREEN ZONE WITHFEWER THAN TEN CASES PER 100,000PEOPLE IN A WEEK’S TIME THE RESTOF THE COUNTRY THE OTHER 28STATES INCLU