COVID-19 maps of Missouri, Kansas: Latest coronavirus cases by county – KMBC Kansas City

JUST A FEW MINUTES HERE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS ON CORONAVIRUS IN OUR AREA KANSAS IS REPORTING 1,500 NEW CASES SINCE FRIDAY. THAT’S THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THREE WEEKS, MISSOURI IS REPORTING MORE THAN 1,000 NEW CASES SINCE SUNDAY. THE POSITIVITY RATE IS UP IN BOTH STATES IN KANSAS 16% OF TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE MISSOURI, ITS 14% THE AVERAGE IS BELOW 6% THE COUNTIES WITH THE MOST CASES ARE HOME TO COLLEGES COLUMBIA AND SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI LAWRENCE A MANHATTAN IN KANSAS. THE CITY OF LAWRENCE WILL TEAM UP WITH K YOU TO TRACK THE VIRUS. KMBC9 EMILY HALL WITH TELLS IT INVOLVES WASTEWATER. WASTE WATER HOLDS VALUABLE CLUES WHEN IT COMES TO TRACKING COVID-19 WASTEWATER DOESN’T LIE. IT TELLS YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE POPULATION RESEARCHERS FROM KU ARE PARTNERING WITH THE KDOT. AG AND THE CITY OF LAWRENCE TO TEST WASTEWATER FOR THE VIRUS WHICH CAN BE DETECTED IN STOOL. IT’S ANOTHER WAY TO MEASURE THE VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT ONE SAMPLE IS AN INDICATOR OF COMMUNITY PREVALENCE AND AND THAT’S MUCH EASIER THAN SAMPLING ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON AN ONGOING BASIS. THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT A HEADS UP TO A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CASES. SO THE IDEA IS TO SEE IF WE SEE AN INCREASE IN OUR WASTE WATER CONCENTRATIONS. IT WOULD PROVIDE A LEAD FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY. TO PREPARE FOR ADJUSTMENTS STUDENTS BACK ON KU’S CAMPUS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WASTEWATER HAS SHOWN A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF THE VIRUS SINCE CLASSES BEGAN RIGHT NOW. THE TESTING IS LOOKING AT BROAD SAMPLES FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT IN THE FUTURE THEY COULD LOOK AT MORE TARGETED SAMPLES FROM MANHOLES OR SEWER LINES TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC BUILDINGS LIKE DORMS, SO I KNOW THIS CITY IS THINKING VERY CLOSELY ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN ADD SAMPLES THAT THAT MONITOR DISCRETE AREA. THAT COULD HELP IDENTIFY AND ISOLATE CASES TO STOP THE SPREAD EMILY HALLWAY. KMBC9 NEWS. THERE’S NO TIMELINE YET FOR WHEN MORE TARGETING TESTING COULD TAKE PLACE RIGHT NOW LAWRENCE IS THE ONLY CITY IN KANSAS TO TEST WASTEWATER EVERY WEEK FOR COVID-19. NO FANS WILL BE ALLOWED A CASE FOOTBALL SEASON OPENER AGAINST COASTAL CAROLINA THE DECISION APPLIES TO ALL FALL SPORTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER K. YOU WILL RE-EVALUATE THE DECISION BEFORE ITS SECOND HOME FOOTBALL GAME, OCTOBER 3RD AGAINST STATE THIS WEEK’S FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN RAYTOWN AND RAYTOWN SOUTH HAS BEEN MOVED AND SAID OF FRIDAY IN RAYTOWN. THE GAME WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY AND STALEY HIGH SCHOOL THE MOVE WILL ALLOW FOR MORE PARENTS AND FANS TO ATTEND IN JACKSON COUNTY OUTSIDE. GATHERINGS ARE LIMITED TO 100 PEOPLE IF YOU’VE BEEN PUTTING OFF DENNIS VISITS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT DENNIS A MOST OFFICES HAVE STRICT HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES IN PLACE AND BAD DENTAL HYGIENE CAN LEAD TO A HOST OF OTHER PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE ALREADY DEALING WITH OTHER HEALTH ISSUES. IF PATIENTS ARE HAVING ANOTHER COMORBIDITY ANOTHER DISEASE AND THEY’RE NOT GOING TO THE DENTIST. THEY CAN BE AFFECTED. THEY THEY HAVE A HIGHER RISK TO HAPPEN ON DISEASE DECAY AND INFECTION AND IF WE WAIT TOO LONG TO SEE THEM THEN THEN THEY CAN GET A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT COMING INTO THE OFFICE CALL YOUR DENTIST TO DISCUSS THE OPTIONS NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE THE FDA COULD AUTHORIZE THE EMERGENCY USE OF A VACCINE BEFORE ITS PHASE 3 TRIALS ARE OVER DURING PHASE 3 THE VACCINE IS GIVEN TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND TESTED FOR EFFICIENCY. NOW THE FINANCIAL TIMES SPOKE WITH THE FDA COMMISSIONER. HE SAYS IF A VACCINE DEVELOPER APPLIES FOR APPROVAL BEFORE THE END OF PHASE 3 THE AGENCY COULD APPROVE IT. THE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE AGENCY SEE WHAT HAVE TO DETERMINE IF THE BENEFIT OUTWEIGHS THE RISK 9 VACCINE CANDIDATES HAVE REACHED PHASE 3 OF DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA AND RUSSIA HAVE APPROVED VACCINES WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF PHASE 3 TRIALS HEALTH EXPERTS. SAY THE RUSH PROCESSES HAVE SERIOUS RISKS.