Wednesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

Wednesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

INTERVIEW WITH THE ATTORNEYGENERAL ON KMBC.COMLARA: MISSOURI IS SEEING ANOTHERJUMP IN NEW CASES.THE STATE IS REPORTING MORE THAN1200 NEW CASES SINCE TUESDAY.KANSAS IS REPORTING 723 NEWCASES SINCE MONDAY.BOTH STATES ARE SEEING ANINCREASE IN THE 7-DAY MOVINGAVERAGE OF THE POSITIVITY RATE.IT’S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TOTRACK THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.KANSAS IS UP TO 13.4%.MISSOURI IS AT 10.6%.THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS AT 6.5%.SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN JOHNSONCOUNTY ARE CONSIDERING HOWSTUDENTS CAN SAFELY RETURN TOCLASS THIS FALL.LAST NIGHT, IN THE BLUE VALLEYDISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERSDIDN’T MAKE ANY CHANGES TOSCHOOL REOPENING PLANS FOR NEXTMONTH, BUT THEY DID DECIDE TONOW FOLLOW THE STATE’S CRITERIAFOR OPENING AND NOT THECOUNTY’S.KMBC 9’S EMILY HOLWICK SPOKEWITH JOHNSON COUNTY’S HEALTHDIRECTOR ABOUT WHY HE SAYS THECOUNTY ISN’T READY FOR IN-PERSONLEARNING.REPORTER: AS SCHOOLS WEIGHWHETHER TO RETURN TO IN-PERSONLEARNING, JOHNSON COUNTY’SHEALTH DIRECTOR HAS A WARNING.