Sunday p.m. COVID-19 update June 7

Missouri announced more than 100 new cases Sunday

HERE’S THE LATEST LOOK ATCORONAVIRUS NUMBERS NOW ON BOTHSIDES OF THE STATE LINE,MISSOURI IS REPORTING MORE THA100 NEW CASES TODAY EIGHTHUNDRED NINE.PEOPLE HAVE DIED TOT IN THESTATE SIX POINT ONE PERCENT OFTESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.IN MISSOURI, THE WORLD HEALTHORGANIZATION WANTS THAT NUMBERTO BE AT 10 OR BELOW TO ENSUREADEQUATE TESTING IS BEING DONE.AS OF FRIDAY.KANSAS WAS REPORTING MORE THAN10,000 CASES WITH 232 DEATHSWILL GET MORE UPDATED NUMBERSTOMORROW IN THE LAST WEEK INAVERAGE OF 4.1% OF TESTS ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE IN KANSASSTARTING TOMORROW.THE STATE OF MISSOURI IS GOINGTO BEGIN A MISSION TO TEST NEARME.11,000 PEOPLE FOR CORONAVIRUS.IT’S PART OF GOVERNOR PARSONSCOMMUNITY SAMPLING PLAN 21COUNTIES ARE TAKING PART IN THISROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THEMLISTED RIGHT THERE ON YOURSCREEN SOME OF THOSE ARE IN OURAREA.SO IF YOU LIVE IN THOSE COUNTIESAND YOU WANT TO GET A TEST YOUCAN SIGN UP AT THE THERE ON YOURSCREEN TOMORROW PLAYGROUNDS ONTHE KANSAS SIDE OF THE METRO CANREOPEN THEIR SET TO REOPEN INJOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS AND INCITY PARKS IN SHAWNEE, LENEXAAND OVERLAND PARK SOCIALDISTANCING IS STILL REQUIREDTENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS CANREOPEN BUT BASKETBALL COURTSREMAIN CLOSED FOR NOW, AND THISIS PART OF THE PHASE 3 REOPENINGPLAN FOR THE STATE OF KANSASGOVERNOR.KELLY SAYS HER TEAM FEELSCONFIDENT THAT MOST COUNTIES CANMOVE INTO THAT PHASE BUT IT’S UPTO THE LOCAL.BOTH LEADERS COUNTIES THAT HAVEPLATEAUED WHO ARE TRENDING INTHE WRONG DIRECTION SHOULD NOTFEEL PRESSURE TO MOVE INTO PHASE3 WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN INPHASE 2 UNTIL THEY SEEIMPROVEMENT.LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S WITHTHE SUPPORT OF KTHE CONTINUE TOASSIST AREAS OF CONCERN.LEADERS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTYKANSAS HAVE ALSO SAID THEY’LLMOVE INTO PHASE THREE TOMORROWGATHERINGS OF FORTY FIVE ORFEWER WILL BE ALLOWED ALLBUSINESSES WILL BE ALLOWED TOREOPEN AS WELL AS ACTIVITYCENTERS AND EVENT