Positive coronavirus cases continue to climb in KC metro

Coronavirus cases continue to climb in KC metro

A DISHEARTENINGMILESTONE REACHED.MORE THAN 3 MILLIONCOVID-19 CASES IN THEU-S.AND THE RATE OF NEWCASES IS RISING IN 35STATES -- INCLUDINGMISSOURI AND KANSAS.MISSOURI REPORTED 755NEW CASES TODAY -- THESECOND HIGHESTREPORTED IN A SINGLEDAY.KANSAS REPORTED 678NEW CASES TODAY -- THETHIRD HIGHEST ONRECORD.WITH CASES RISING --DOCTORS ON BOTH SIDESOF THE STATE LINE HAVE AMESSAGE FOR THEPUBLIC.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ARIELROTHFIELD SHARES THEIRCONCERNS.SINCE THE ONSET OF THEPANDEMIC,ST.

LUKE'S HEALTHSYSTEM HIT AN ALL-TIMEHIGHDr. Marc Larsen/ St.

Luke'sHealthSystemToday we actually set ourhighest number of inpatientCOVID positive patients we'vehad in our entire outbreak.Surpassing our previous highback in AprilWITH MANY OF THEPATIENTS EXPERIENCINGDIFFICULTY BREATHINGAFTER TESTING POSITIVEFOR THE CORONAVIRUSDr. Marc Larsen/ St.

Luke'sHealthSystemThis virus is still here and weneed to be vigilant and don'tforget the things that we didIN THE Kansas City METRO,WEDNESDAY MARKED THEFIRST DAY WITH NO NEDEATHS REPORTED SINCEJUNE 26THBUT THE METRO DID SEE455 NEW COVID CASESTHE SECOND-MOST INSINGLE DAYIN KANSAS, OFFICIALS SAYGATHERINGS ARE TOBLAMEDr. Lee Norman/ Secretary of theKansas Department of Health andEnvironmentNow more than ever it isessential for you to takeprecautions to mitigate thspread of COVID-19.

You areyour own preparedness.

It'time to get back tot he basicpractice social distancing,wear a mask and publicpractice good hand hygiene,stay at home when you aresickWHILE THE GOVERNORSIGNED AN EXECUTIVEORDER LAST WEEKREQUIRING MASKSPUBLIC PLACES,DATA PROVIDED TO 41ACTION NEWS BY KANSASSENATOR JIM DENNING'SOFFICE SHOWS MANYCOUNTIES HAVE REFUSEDTO MANDATE MASKSOF THE STATE'S 105COUNTIES, 87 HAVE OPTEDOUTSTRONGLYRECOMMENDINGMASKS INSTEAD OFREQUIRING THEM.Dr. Lee Norman/ Secretary of theKansas Department of Health andEnvironmentWe can bend the curvesignificantly if people wouldadhere to the guidelinesA TREND DOCTORS ALSOHOPE TO SEE SOONDr. Marc Larsen/ St.

Luke'sHealthSystemI think there's a lot of thingthat we just need to keepdoing that we did really well inthe beginning and perhaps weneed to focus on that againREPORTING IN Kansas City.ARIEL ROTHFIELD.

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