5 p.m. COVID-19 update

5 p.m. COVID-19 update

STUDIO.ALL RIGHT MORE BREAKING NEWS NEWRECOMMENDATIONS FOR REOPENINGSCHOOLS IN JOHNSON COUNTY,KANSAS.THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THECOUNTY IS IN THE RED ZONE IN THELAST 14 DAYS THE AVERAGE NUMBEROF NEW HAS GONE UP SO AS THEPERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE CASES ANDIN JUST THE LAST HALF HOUR THESHAWNEE MISSION AND DE SOTOSCHOOL DISTRICT SAY THEY’LL OPENWITH REMOTE LEARNING TO STARTTHE NEW YEAR.YEAH LOT OF CHANGES HEREHAPPENING THE LAST FEW MINUTESRIGHT NOW.THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDSREMOTE LEARNING FOR MIDDLE ANDHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WE KNOWSOME DISTRICTS ARE TAKING THISFURTHER.THE COUNTY SAYS ELEMENTARYSTUDENTS WOULD BENEFIT THE MOSTFROM IN PERSON LEARNING INSCHOOL NOW IN THE RED ZONE THECOUNTY RECOMMENDS ALLEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BEREMOTE ONLY IT IS NOW UP TO TOTHE DISTRICTS TO DETERMINE THESAFEST.WAY TO REOPEN SHAWNEE MISSIONAND DE SOTO SCOOL DISTRICT.SAY AGAIN, AS CHRIS SAID THEYARE GOING TO BE STARTING THISYEAR WITH STUDENTS LEARNINGREMOTELY.WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WATCHING THELATEST CASE NUMBERS IN KANSASAND MISSOURI NOW FOR MONTHS,MISSOURI IS REPORTING NEARLY 800NEW CASES SINCE MONDAY PLUS 26NEW DEATHS.WE’RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATEFROM KANSAS COMING UP TOMORROW AMEMBER OF THE WHITE HOUSECORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE IS MAKINGRECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STATE OFMISSOURI.DR. DEBORAH BIRX TALKED ABOUTWEARING A GOING SOCIALDISTANCING AND SHE DID IT AT THEMISSOURI STATE CAPITOL WITHGOVERNOR PARSON TAKING PART IN AROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITHHEALTH OFFICIALS WORKING TO SLOWTHE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS ANDABOVE ALL SHE SAYS SAYS WEAR AMASK AND AVOID BIG PARTIES.EVEN BACKYARD GATHERINGS WITHTHE NEIGHBORS.I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO BELIEVEOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.OUR NEIGHBORS COULDN’T POSSIBLYHAVE COVID I CAN TELL YOU ACROSSTHE UNITED STATES THAT THEY DO.AND IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’REIN A RURAL AREA OR AN URBAN AREATHEY DO THEY DON’T KNOW THEY’REINFECTED AND THEY’RE INSPREADING THE VIRUS TO OTHERSMISERY DOESN’T HAVE A STATEWIDEMASK MANDATE AND GOVERNOR PARTSAND GAVE NO INDICATION.HE’S READY TO ISSUE ONE ADDINGCOUNTIES WITH HIGH POSITIVITYRATES ALREADY REQUIRE WEARING AMASK.WE ARE DIGGING DEEPER INTO THELATEST NUMBERS AFTER THATBRIEFING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERMATT FLENER.HE’S CHECKING ON A COUPLE OFSTATISTICS THAT DR. BURKE’SMENTIONE IN JEFFERSON CITYTODAY.WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE TESTPOSITIVITY AND CASES DECLININGTUESDAY.DR. DEBORAH BIRX ALL THE WHITEHOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCEVISITED JEFFERSON CITY GIVING USALL A GOAL.WE WANT TO SEE EVERY COMMUNITYIN MISSOURI UNDER 5% AND UNDERFIVE PER A HUNDRED THOUSANDCASES.DR. BURKE’S TALKING ABOUTPOSITIVITY RATE AND CASES PER100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE PASTCOUPLE OF WEEKS IN MISSOURI ANDKANSAS TRENDS AREN’T DROPPINGBOTH STATES HOVERING IT 20CASES.ABOVE PER 100,000 PEOPLE ALSOFOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKSBOTH, KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAVEBEEN STUBBORNLY HOLDING RIGHTAROUND 10% POSITIVITY RATE,KANSAS AT 12.5% MISSOURI 9.8.AND SO EVERYONE SHOULD BE TAKINGPRECAUTIONS.DR. BURKE SAYING MASKS ANDDISTANCE ARE STILL THE WAY TOGET THOSE NUMBERS TO DROP WE’REGOING TO MAKE PROGRESS TOGETHERBY THIS CLEAR PATHWAY FORWARD OFTHESE COMMON-SENSEINTERVENTIONS.MATT FLENER KMBC 9 NEWS.DR. BROOKS IS TO JEFFERSON CITYCOMES AFTER HER VISIT TO KANSASJUST OVER THE WEEKEND NATIONWIDECASES AND DEATHS CONTINUE TOCLIMB THE U.S.REPORTED MORE THAN 40,000 NEWINFECTIONS MONDAY AND NEARLY 550NEW DEATHS LINKED TO COVID-19.TEXAS HAS BECOME THE FOURTHSTATE TO REACH A DEVASTATINGMILESTONE.THE STATE HAS RECORDED MORE THAN10,000 DEATHS DUE TO THIS VIRUSNEARLY 80% OF THEM WERE REPORTEDAFTER JUNE 1ST BACK IN MAY,TEXAS LAUNCH ONE OF THE FASTESTTHREE OPENINGS IN THE COUNTRYTODAY’S WORLD.IT WAS CINCINNATI HAS BEENPUSHED TO TOMORROW BECAUSE OFTHE VIRUS.LEN JENNINGS IS HERE WITHDETAILS ON THIS LAND.YEAH, THIS WAS NOT BECAUSE OFTHE ROYALS PLAYER BUT ACINCINNATI REDS PLAYER WHOTESTED POSITIVE LAST WEEK THEUNIDENTIFIED PLAYER TESTEDPOSITIVE LAST FRIDAY THAT SHUTDOWN THE REDS OVER THE WEEKENDWHEN THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO PLAYTHE PIRATES MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL BELIEVE THE REDS WOULDBE ABLE TO BEGIN ITS TWO GAMESERIES AGAINST THE ROYALS ATKAUFFMAN STADIUM TODAY, BUT THEGAME HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FORTOMORROW AS PART OF A DOUBLEHEADER.NO OTHER PLAYERS HAV POSITIVEFOR THE RED SINS.ALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN TESTED ONSATURDAY AND SUNDAY.THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THOSERESULTS THE FIRST GAME OF THEDOUBLEHEADER WILL BE TOMORROWJUST AFTER 4 O’CLOCK.BOTH GAMES WOULD BE SEVENINNINGS WITH ABOUT A 30 MINUTEBREAK IN BETWEEN CHRIS.I’M K-STATE IS MOVING AHEAD WITHSELLING COLLEGE FOOTBALL TICKETSCROWDS AT BILL SNYDER FAMILYSTADIUM.THIS SEASON WILL BE A 25% OFSTADIUM CAPACITY SEASON TICKETHOLDERS WILL BE FIRST IN LINEFOR TWO OR THREE GAME TICKETPLANS THE DEADLINE TO BUY THESETICKETS, AUGUST 26TH KU