Tuesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

Tuesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

KMBC 9 NEWS STARTS WITH BREAKINGNEWS THAT BREAKING NEWS JOHNSONCOUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SHAREDTHEIR GUIDANCE FOR REOPENINGSCHOOLS WITH COUNTYSUPERINTENDENTS.THEY SAY THE COUNTY IS IN THERED ZONE AND THE LAST 14 DAYSTHE AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASESHAS INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE OFPOSITIVE CASES HAS ALSO GONE UPTHE COUNTY SAYS ELEMENTARYSTUDENTS WOULD BENEFIT THE MOSTFROM LEARNING IN PERSON ATSCHOOL WHILE IN THE RED ZONETHAT RECOMMENDS ALLEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BEREMOTE ONLY THE DISTRICT’SAFFECTED OUR BLUE VALLEY DE SOTOGARDNER EDGERTON OLATHE SHAWNEEMISSION AND SPRING HILL.IT’S NOW UP TO THE DISTRICTS TODETERMINE THE SAFEST WAY TOREOPEN THE COORDINATOR OF THEWHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASKFORCE MADE A STOP IN MISSOURITODAY.DR. DEBORAH BIRX MET WITHGOVERNOR PARSON AND HEALTHLEADERS TO TALK ABOUT SLOWINGTHE SPREAD OF COVID-19 ARE KRISKETZ IS HERE NOW WITH A LOOK ATHER RECOMMENDATIONS KELLY LAURAWEARING A MASK CAME UP DURINGHER VISIT TO THE MISSOURI STATE.CAPITAL SHE SAYS DOESN’T MATTERIF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN OR ADEMOCRAT YOU NEED TO WEAR AMASK.SHE FAVORS A STATEWIDE MASKMANDATE LIKE IN TEXAS WHEREWEARING A MASK IS THE RULE INCOUNTIES WITH 20 OR MORE ACTIVECASES OF COVID-19.GOVERNOR.PARSON IS TALKED OFTEN ABOUTPERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THENEED TO WEAR A MASK, BUT HE HASYET TO ISSUE A STATEWIDE ORDERAND HE GAVE NO INDICATION TODAYTHAT WOULD CHANGE.DR. BURKE’S ADDED LARGE PARTIESEVEN A BACKYARD GATHERING WITHNEIGHBORS CAN STILL BE PLACESWHERE THE VIRUS REALLY SPREADS.OUR JOB IN EACH AND EVERYCOMMUNITY IS TO DECREASE VIRALSPREAD IN A CLEAR PATHWAYFORWARD TOGETHER TO CONTROL THISVIRUS.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?WE NEED EVERY AMERICAN ANDEVERYBODY IN MISSOURI TO BEWEARING A MASK AND SOCIALLYDISTANCING.DR. BURKE’S HAD HIGH PRAISE FROMMISSOURI IS TESTING AND CONTACTTRACING EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY INLONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ADDINGRESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING FOR MOREVOLUNTEERS FOR A VACCINE TRIALHAPPENING IN ST.LOUIS RIGHT NOW, LAURA WE’RETRACKING NEW.THE VIRUS NUMBERS RIGHT NOW ONBOTH SIDES OF THE STATE LINE,MISSOURI IS REPORTING ALMOST 800NEW CASES OF COVID-19 SENSEMONDAY.WE WILL GET AN UPDATE FROMKANSAS TOMORROW.WE WANT TO ADD SOME PERSPECTIVETO THOSE NUMBERS.WE’RE FOCUSING ON TRENDS WHEN ITCOMES TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLETESTING POSITIVE INVESTIGATIVEREPORTER.MATT FLEENER BREAKS DOWN ACOUPLE KEY AREAS OF CONCERN.LET’S LOOK AT THE POSITIVITYRATE TO START THE PERCENTAGE OFPEOPLE TESTING POSITIVE IN OURAREA FOR THE BIGGEST COUNTIESWIND UP JOHNSON JACKSON CLAY ANDKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI OR ALLHOVERING BETWEEN 7 AND 18PERCENT IN ROLLING AVERAGES IN AONE TO TWO WEEK PERIOD PUT THATINTO PERSPECTIVE JOHNSON COUNTY.ONCE THAT POSITIVITY RATE BELOW5% FOR 14 DAYS BEFORE IT CANFULLY REOPEN SCHOOL BUILDINGSFIVE DAYS A WEEK TO ALL GRADELEVELS THE LAST TIME THE COUNTYSAW BELOW 5% JUNE 24TH, LET’SLOOK STATEWIDE, KANSAS SEEING A12 AND A HALF PERCENT POSITIVITYRATE, MISSOURI RIGHT AROUND NINEPOINT EIGHT PERCENT.BOTH STATES ACCORDING TO JOHNSHOPKINS UNIVERSITY STILL AMONG34 STATES NATIONWIDE ABOVERECOMMENDED POSITIVITY RATELEVELS MATT FLENER KMBC 9 NEWSIF YOU WANT TO SEE MORESTATISTICS, WE ARE TRACKING THENUMBERS DAILY AT KMBC.COM AND ONOUR MOBILE APP TO RIDE CASEY BUSDRIVERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19.DRIVERS WERE WORKING SEVERALROUTES BETWEEN AUGUST 11TH ANDAUGUST 14TH.YOU’RE SEEING THOSE ON YOURSCREEN RIGHT NOW IF YOU THINKYOU MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED MAKESURE YOU GET TESTED RIGHT CASEYREMINDS.EVERYONE MASKS ARE REQUIRED ONALL BUSES AT ALL BUS STOPS ANDON THE STREETCAR THE ROYALS GAMESCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT AGAINSTTHE CINCINNATI REDS ISPOSTPONED.THE REDS NEED TO CONDUCT MORECOVID-19 TESTING.THE TEAMS WILL NOW PLAY ADOUBLEHEADER TOMORROW AFTERNOONAT KAUFFMAN STADIUM.THE FIRST GAME WILL START AT4:05.WE’LL STAY AT HOME ORDERS ANDMANY ACROSS THE METRO NOW OUT OFWORK A LOCAL NONPROFIT IS TAKINGNOTE OF AN ALARMING TREND CASESOF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ARE ON THERISE KMBC 9S.KELLY GIBBS BREAKS DOWN THENUMBERS AS WELL AS HOW LOCALHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HELP.SHOWED ME WITH SCHOOLS CLOSED INMANY PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOMETHE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP CLINICWITH OFFICES IN OLATHE ISREPORTING AN UPTICK IN PATIENTSEXPERIENCING STRESS AND ANXIETYWITH A 62% INCREASE IN PATIENTVISITS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSEPROGRAMS THINGS LIKE THEPANDEMIC CAN TRIGGER FOLKS TOHAVE MISUSE THAT MAY NOT HAVEHAD IT IN THE PAST.DR. TRISTAN WINSTON SAYS THESOLUTION STARTS WITH KNOWINGWHAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE LOOKS LIKEWOMEN ARE ADVISED NOT TO NEWMORE THAN THREE ALCOHOLICBEVERAGES PER DAY OR SEVEN PERWEEK FOR MEN.THAT NUMBER IS 4 PER DAY OR 14PER WEEK WITH ANY DEPENDENCE ONDRUGS FOR AN ESCAPE LIKELYPOINTING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE ONEOF THE FIRST NEGATIVECONSEQUENCES IS WE HEAR ABOUT ISA DUI OR DRIVING UNDER THEINFLUENCE, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLEARE MITIGATING THESE DAYS WITHTHE PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY’RESTAYING HOME.SO THAT’S TRYING TO MAKE IT MORENORMALIZED AND ARE ACCEPTABLETHOSE CONSEQUENCES RANGE FROMNEGATIVE INFLUENCES ON CHILDRENAND SOCIAL ACTION CHIPS TOUNHEALTHY HABITS CARRIED OVERLONG AFTER THE PANDEMIC.DR. WINSTON IS ENCOURAGINGANYONE ENGAGING IN BEHAVIOR THATCOULD POTENTIALLY QUALIFY ASUBSTANCE ABUSE TO IMMEDIATELYSEEK MEDICAL HELP IN OLATHEKELLY GIBBS KMBC 9 NEWSAFFORDABLE TREATMENT ISAVAILABLE AT THE HEALTHPARTNERSHIP CLINIC IN OLATHE FORMORE INFORMATION.YOU'