4 p.m. COVID-19 update

4 p.m. COVID-19 update

FIRST ALERT FUTURESCAN COMINGUP.WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS ON THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THE BIG TENCONFERENCE SAYS IT WILL PLAYONLY CONFERENCE GAMES ANDFOOTBALL AND SEVERAL OTHERSPORTS THIS FALL THE BIG TEN’SDECISION COMES ONE DAY AFTER THEIVY LEAGUE ANNOUNCED IT WILL NOTHOLD INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS INTHE FALL, BUT WE’LL RE-EVALUATEPLAYING SPORTS STARTING IN 2021DOCTORS AT A KANSAS CITYHOSPITAL ARE SEEING YOUNGERCORONAVIRUS PATIENTS TRUMANMEDICAL TURNER SAYS IT’S GETTINGAN INCREASING NUMBER OF PATIENTSUNDER 40 KMBC NINES.EMILY HALLWAY TAKES A LOOK ATTHE DISTURBING NEW NUMBERS.DOCTORS HERE AT TRUMAN MEDICALCENTER SAY THEY’RE SEEINGYOUNGER AND YOUNGER PATIENTSCOMING IN WITH SERIOUSCORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS INCLUDINGPATIENTS IN THEIR 30S AND 40S.SOME ARE EVEN ON VENTILATORS.DR. MARK STEEL SAYS BEFORE JUNE1ST LESS THAN HALF OF THECORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.THE HOSPITAL SAW WERE UNDER 40NOW.THAT NUMBER IS UP TO 60% AND ATHIRD OF TMC’S ADMITTEDCORONAVIRUS PATIENTS ARE INTHEIR 20S 30S 40S.DR. STEELE TOLD US.PATIENT IN THEIR MID-30S AND ONEIN THEIR MID-40S ARE ONVENTILATORS AND HE SAYS SOME OFTHE YOUNGER PATIENTS DON’T HAVEUNDERLYING CONDITIONS.HE SAYS HE’S NOTICED THE CHANGEIN AGE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.WE THINK THAT IT PROBABLY HAS TODO WITH THE REOPENING ANDOBVIOUSLY THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPTENDS TO GET OUT AND WANT TOSOCIALIZE AND GO TO THE BARS ANDTO THE RESTAURANTS.AND SO WE THINK THAT THERE’SINCREASING EXPOSURE THAT’STAKING PLACE WITH THE YOUNGERAGE GROUP.DR. STRESS.IT IS STILL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANTIMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN SOCIALDISTANCING AND WHERE YOUR ASKWHN YOU’RE IN PUBLIC PLACES TOHELP STOP THE SPREAD OF THECORONAVIRUS REPORTING IN KANSASCITY AND EMILIE HOWLETT KMBC 9NEWS RIGHT NOW TRUMAN MEDICALCENTER HAS 24 CORONAVIRUSPATIENTS ADMITTED.THIS IS A LOOK AT THE AGE RANGEOF CORONAVIRUS CASES ACROSS THESTATE OF KANSAS.THE MOST COMMON AGE GROUP ISPEOPLE BETWEEN 25 AND 34 THEYMAKE UP NEARLY ONE IN FIVECORONAVIRUS CASES, AND THIS IS ALOOK AT MISSOURI.IT IS VERY SIMILAR 19% OF ALLCORONAVIRUS ARE PEOPLE IN THEIR20S.AND IN BOTH STATES MORE THANHALF OF CASES OR PEOPLE YOUNGERTHAN 50 THIS SHOWS THEPERCENTAGE OF TESTS THAT ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE OVER THEPAST TWO WEEKS IN KANSAS, 10.4%OF TESTS ARE POSITIVE RIGHT NOWIN MISSOURI.THAT NUMBER IS SIX POINT TWO.WYANDOTTE COUNTY WILL STAY INPHASE 3 OF ITS REOPENING PLANFOR NOW.THE ORDER WAS SUPPOSED TO RUNOUT YESTERDAY, BUT HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE STILLTOO MANY CORONAVIRUS CASES BEINGREPORTED.SO THAT MEANS RIGHT NOWGATHERINGS OF FORTY FIVE ORFEWER WELL BUSINESSES.THEY OPEN ALONG WITH ACTIVITYCENTERS EVENT SPACES ANDSWIMMING POOLS.1.3 MILLION WORKERS TRIED TO GETUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR THEFIRST TIME LAST WEEK.THIS COMES AS CORONAVIRUS CASESOR SPIKING ACROSS THE COUNTRYCAUSING MORE LAYOFFS SIX STATESHAVE ALREADY ROLLED BACKREOPENING PLANS WHILE 15 STATESHAVE SUSPENDED THEIR RE-OPENINGSLOCALLY.KANSAS IS REPORTING ANOTHERINCREASE.IT WENT FROM 9,000 THE LAST WEEKOF JUNE TO MORE THAN 12,000 THEFIRST WEEK OF JULY MEANWHILECLAIMS DROPPED IN MISSOURI FEWERTHAN 17,000 PEOPLE FILED FORUNEMPLOYMENT LAST WEEK IN ALLSTATES THOUGH NUMBERS ARE STILLSIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN PRECORONAVIRUS LEVELS A SECONDROUND OF STIMULUS CHECKS COULDBE ON THE WAY IF CONGRESS CANGET IT PASSED IN THEIR SHORTJULY SESSION BY NOW MOSTQUALIFYING AMERICANS HAVERECEIVED THEIR PAYMENTSPRESIDENT HAS SAID A SECONDPAYMENT IS LIKELY ACCORDING TOTHE WHITE HOUSE TREASURYSECRETARY.STEVEN MINUCHIN WILL BE LEAVINGA NEGOTIATIONS NOW THE LEGAL AIDOF WESTE MISSOURI IS OFFERINGHELP TO THOSE WHO STILL IHAVEN’T RECEIVED THEIR FIRSTPAYMENTS AND YOU CAN CALL ITSCARES HOTLINE AT 1-800-909-9441T20 KANSAS SENATE CANDIDATE.ROGER.MARSHALL SAYS HE NEEDS TO KNOWMORE AFTER THE PRESIDENTTWEETED.HE COULD CUT OFF FEDERAL MONEYTO SCHOOLS THAT DO NOTCOMPLETELY REOPEN THIS FALL ANDIN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW THECANDIDATES SPOKE WITH OURMICHEAL MAHONEY THIS AFTERNOTHE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.MARSHALL WAS DURING AN EDGEREGION ORCHARD ON THURSDAY ANDAFTERWARDS HE TOLD A SMALL.CROWD THAT HE WOULD BE A CALMVOICE IN THE SENATE WHO CANSAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY GET THESCHOOLS OF THAT BACK OPENPRESIDENT DROP IS PUSHING FORALL SCHOOLS TO BE COMPLETELYOPEN THIS FALL IN A TWEET.HE’S THREATENING TO CUT OFFFEDERAL MONEY IF THEY’RE NOT ANDI ASKED MARSHALL WHAT HE THOUGHTOF THAT I’M GOING TO DOEVERYTHING I CAN.AND HELP KIDS GET SAFELY ANDRESPONSIBLY BACK TO SCHOOL.HE THREATENING MONEY.I’LL HAVE TO SEE YOU EXACTLYWHAT THAT MEANS BEFORE I MAKE ACOMMENT ON IT.MOST SCHOOL SPENDING IS DONE BYTHE STATE AND THE SCHOOLDISTRICTS, BUT WASHINGTONPROVIDES MONEY FOR THINGS LIKESCHOOL LUNCHES AND OTHERPROGRAMS OFTEN AIMED AT KIDS WHONEED HELP.LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THATBEFORE.I OVERREACT ONE WAY OR THE OTHERIN KANSAS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLDISTRICTS WILL DECIDE WHEN ANDHOW TO CONDUCT THEIR CLASSESTHIS FALL THE STATE BOARD MAYISSUE A SET OF BEST PRACTICESNEXT WEEK.MISSOURI STATE BOARD DECIDEDTODAY TO HAVE SCHOOLS ATTENDCLASS EVERY OTHER DAY AND THENREMOTE CLASS WORK IN ORDER TOSTAY ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR STATEMONEY.BOTH DATES, VERY SENSITIVE TOPROTECTING THEIR STATE AND LOCALCONTROL OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.SO EVEN OUT ON A FARM TOUR TODAYMARSHALL TALKING ABOUT CONCERNSABOUT THE IT’S CALL ABOUTRESTRICTING FEDERAL FUNDING WHENIT COMES TO OPENING THE SCHOOLSIN T