Monday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

Monday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

COMING UP.TURNING TO THE PANDEMIC NOW.WE HAVE NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERSTO REPORT FIRST IN KANSAS WITHMORE THAN 1,000 NEW CASES SINCEFRIDAY IN MISSOURI.THERE’S BEEN OVER 1,000 NEWCASES SINCE YESTERDAY THIS CHARTSHOWS THE SEVEN DAY ROLLINGAVERAGE OF THE POSITIVITY RATEONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO MONITORHOW THE VIRUS IS SPREADING INKANSAS 11 AND A HALF PERCENT OFTESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE.IT WAS MUCH HIGHER LAST WEEK DUETO A CHANGE IN THE WAY TESTERREPORTED.THE RATE HAS FALLEN IN MISSOURITO 13.1 PERCENT COMPARED TO THENATIONAL AVERAGE.OF 8% AND THE UNITED STATES DIDHIT A POSITIVE MILESTONE OVERTHE WEEKEND.SUNDAY SAW ITS SMALLEST DAILYINCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES INNEARLY FOUR WEEKS.FORTY-SEVEN THOUSAND NEW CASESWERE REPORTED NATIONWIDEYESTERDAY, CALIFORNIA IS THEHARDEST HIT STATE.IT’S ALSO DOWN FROM ITS PEAKWITH JUST OVER 9000 FLORIDARECORDED SEVEN THOUSAND MORECASES THE US WHICH HAS MORECASES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY HITITS PEAK TO DATE IN JULY MORETHAN ONE POINT ONE POINT NINEMILLION NEW CASES WERE REPORTED.LAST MONTH THAT’S ACCORDING TODATA FROM JOHNS HOPKINSUNIVERSITY THE STATE OF KANSASISN’T OFFICIALLY LISTING THENUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVERECOVERED FROM COVID-19.BUT LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTSACROSS THE STATE ARE KEEPINGTRACK RIGHT NOW THERE HAVE BEENMORE THAN 16,000 RECOVERIES THATINCLUDES 1200 IN WYANDOTTECOUNTY 2,500 IN JOHNSON COUNTYMORE THAN 1200 IN LEAVENWORTHAND 568 IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.ELI.LILLY IS MOVING INTO A LATEPHASE CLINICAL TRIAL OF ITSANTIBODY TREATMENT FOR COVID-19.IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT ISRECRUITING 2400 NURSING HOMERESIDENTS AND STAFF FOR THETRIAL NOW ENTERING ITS THIRDPHASE THAT POPULATION IS AHARDEST HIT BY THE PANDEMIC ANDTHE HOPE IS THE THERAPY WILLOFFER PROTECTION AND POSSIBLYEASE SYMPTOMS FOR THOSE WHO AREINFECTED U.S.HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE BEGINNINGTHE DEBATE ON WHO WILL BE FIRSTIN LINE TO GET A COVID-19VACCINE ONCE IT’S READYTRADITIONALLY FRONTLINEHEALTHCARE WORKERS WOULD RECEIVEA SCARCE VACCINE FIRST.HOWEVER OFFICIALS ARE ALSOLOOKING MEMBERS OF TEST GROUPSWHO WERE GIVEN THE PLACEBO ORDISTRIBUTING THE VACCINE TO THEVIRUS HOTSPOTS FIRSTNEGOTIATIONS ON A NEWCORONAVIRUS STIMULUS PACKAGE AREONCE AGAIN UNDER WAY BETWEENLAWMAKERS AND WHITE HOUSEOFFICIALS HOUSE SPEAKER NANCYPELOSI AND TREASURY SECRETARYSTEVEN MINUCHIN DUG IN ON THEIROPPOSING POSITIONS SUNDAY EACHDOUBLE DOWN ON THE EXTENSION OFFEDERAL ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENTBENEFITS THAT EXPIRED FRIDAYPELOSI SAYS THE AMOUNT CAN GODOWN AS UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS, BUTFOR NOW IT NEEDS TO STAY ATDOLLARS MINUCHIN ARGUED THEWHITE HOUSE PROPOSED A ONE-WEEK$600 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITEXTENSION AS NEGOTIATIONSCONTINUED, BUT HE SAID DEMOCRATSREBUFFED THAT OFFER.YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LATEST ON THEPANDEMIC ON OUR KMBC 9 NEWS APPEVERY DAY OUR TEAM POST THELATEST COVID-19 REPORTS.YOU