Kansas report details virus outbreaks in the state

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HERE’S THE LATEST LOOK AT CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS NOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATE LINE, MISSOURI IS REPORTING MORE THA 100 NEW CASES TODAY EIGHT HUNDRED NINE. PEOPLE HAVE DIED TOT IN THE STATE SIX POINT ONE PERCENT OF TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. IN MISSOURI, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WANTS THAT NUMBER TO BE AT 10 OR BELOW TO ENSURE ADEQUATE TESTING IS BEING DONE. AS OF FRIDAY. KANSAS WAS REPORTING MORE THAN 10,000 CASES WITH 232 DEATHS WILL GET MORE UPDATED NUMBERS TOMORROW IN THE LAST WEEK IN AVERAGE OF 4.1% OF TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE IN KANSAS STARTING TOMORROW. THE STATE OF MISSOURI IS GOING TO BEGIN A MISSION TO TEST NEAR ME. 11,000 PEOPLE FOR CORONAVIRUS. IT’S PART OF GOVERNOR PARSONS COMMUNITY SAMPLING PLAN 21 COUNTIES ARE TAKING PART IN THIS ROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN SOME OF THOSE ARE IN OUR AREA. SO IF YOU LIVE IN THOSE COUNTIES AND YOU WANT TO GET A TEST YOU CAN SIGN UP AT THE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN TOMORROW PLAYGROUNDS ON THE KANSAS SIDE OF THE METRO CAN REOPEN THEIR SET TO REOPEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS AND IN CITY PARKS IN SHAWNEE, LENEXA AND OVERLAND PARK SOCIAL DISTANCING IS STILL REQUIRED TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS CAN REOPEN BUT BASKETBALL COURTS REMAIN CLOSED FOR NOW, AND THIS IS PART OF THE PHASE 3 REOPENING PLAN FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS GOVERNOR. KELLY SAYS HER TEAM FEELS CONFIDENT THAT MOST COUNTIES CAN MOVE INTO THAT PHASE BUT IT’S UP TO THE LOCAL. BOTH LEADERS COUNTIES THAT HAVE PLATEAUED WHO ARE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION SHOULD NOT FEEL PRESSURE TO MOVE INTO PHASE 3 WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN IN PHASE 2 UNTIL THEY SEE IMPROVEMENT. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S WITH THE SUPPORT OF KTHE CONTINUE TO ASSIST AREAS OF CONCERN. LEADERS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS HAVE ALSO SAID THEY’LL MOVE INTO PHASE THREE TOMORROW GATHERINGS OF FORTY FIVE OR FEWER WILL BE ALLOWED ALL BUSINESSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO REOPEN AS WELL AS ACTIVITY CENTERS AND EVENT