Thursday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

TURNING TO THE PANDEMIC NOW,MISSOURI IS SEEING ITS HIGHESTNUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES ANDTHAN A WEEK MORE THAN 1,500 NEWCASES ARE REPORTED TODAY.KANSAS IS NOT REPORT NUMBERS ONTHURSDAY THE PERCENTAGE OFPOSITIVE CASES IN MISSOURICONTINUES TO RISE THE RATE ISNOW AT TWELVE POINT NINE KANSASIS AT 11.5 NOW, THERE IS GOODNEWS NATIONALLY WHERE THEAVERAGE HAS GONE DOWN TO 5.9.THE CITY OF SHAWNEE IS HOSTING AFREE COVID-19 TESTING CLINICTHIS WEEKEND.IT WILL BE SATURDAY FROM 10:00UNTIL 2:00 IN THE WEST BROOKVILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER PARKINGLOT OF COVERE AND 72ND STREETTESTING WILL AVAILABLE FOR THEFIRST 750 PEOPLE AND ANYONE OVERFIVE YEARS OLD CAN BE SCREENEDPARTICIPANTS WILL BE ASKED TOWEAR A MASK AND STAY IN THEIRVEHICLES PARENTS IN THE BLUEVALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AREGATHERING RIGHT NOW IN PROTEST.THEY’RE FIGHTING FOR THEIRSTUDENTS WHO WANT TO PLAY SPORTSTHIS FALL KMBC 9S.BRIAN JOHNSON IS LIVE IN JOHNSONCOUNTY AT THE PROTEST BRIAN.THERE’S A LOT OF ENERGY IN THISCROWD GUYS.THERE’S ABOUT TWO MAYBE 300FOLKS REPRESENTED REPRESENTEDHERE FROM FIVE DIFFERENTDISTRICTS AT FIVE DIFFERENT.HIGH SCHOOLS EXCUSE BE ON THEBLUE VALLEY DISTRICT AND THEYHAVE VARIOUS SIGNS SAYING SWARTZUNITED COMMUNITY FEAR NOT FEARBUT FACTS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OFENERGY.THEY’VE JUST BEGUN THISPRESENTATION NOW THEY’RE ASKINGFOR TWO MAIN DEMANDS AND TAKE ALOOK AT THE VIDEO FROMNEWSCHOPPER 9 THE ONLY VIEW FROMTHE SKY.IT’S A BIG GROUP.THEY WANT THE SCHOOL BOARD TOHAVE A MEETING BEFORE THE NEXTEVALUATION ON SPORTS ANDACTIVITIES ARE HOPING TO BEHEARD ON THAT.THEY ALSO WANT ZERO GATE.CRITERIA FOR EXTRACURRICULARACTIVITIES THEY WANT NOOVERSIGHT NO REQUIREMENTS SOTHAT SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES CANGET STARTED REGARDLESS OF WHATTHEY DECIDE FOR IN-PERSONCLASSES OF THE VALLEY HAS ABOUT22,000 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAMTHE DISTRICT SAYS THE STATE SETSTHE STANDARDS FOR THEIR GRADINGCRITERIA AND THE DISTRICTLEADERS TELL US THAT THEY MORETHAN ANYONE ONCE STUDENTS TO BEBACK IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THEYNEED TO WAIT FOR UNTIL IT’S WITHTHE CASES GUN DOWN.LIVE IN OVERLAND PARK, BRIANJOHNSON KMBC 9 NEWS NEW AT FOURWE KNOW JUST OVER 1 MILLIONAMERICANS APPLIED FORUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS LAST WEEKSINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED.THERE’S ONLY BEEN ONE WEEK.THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN UNDER AMILLION.THAT WAS AT THE START OF AUGUSTRIGHT NOW MORE THAN 14 MILLION.PEOPLE ARE COLLECTINGUNEMPLOYMENT AS THE PANDEMICCONTINUES AMONG THE MANY THINGSCHANGING BECAUSE OF THE VIRUSTELEMEDICINE GOVERNOR MIKEPERSON FOUND OUT ABOUT THATCHANGE FIRSTHAND IN KANSAS CITYMICHEAL MAHONEY HAS THAT STORYTHE IDEA OF DOCTORS AND PATIENTSCOMMUNICATING REMOTELY IS NOTNEW GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON AT ONEOF THE AREA’S REDISCOVER SITETHURSDAY AN ORGANIZATIONPROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH ANDSUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT WHERETHE NEW APPLICATIONS OFTELEMEDICINE OR A BIG TOPICREALLY AT THE TIME.WE WERE KIND OF PUSHING OUT ALITTLE BIT TELEHEALTHTELEMEDICINE FOR RURAL,MISSOURI.THE VIRUS WE REALLY FIGURED OUT.THAT’S A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE.YOU’RE AT HE WAS TOLDREDISCOVERS COUNSELORS USETELEMEDICINE ALL THE TIMEANOTHER EXAMPLE THE MU PRIMARYCARE PROVIDERS HAD NOTELEMEDICINE CALLS IN MARCHBEFORE THE VIRUS A MONTH LATER.90% OF THEM WERE THROUGHTELEMEDICINE TODAY ONE COUNSELORTOLD HIM HER CLIENTS.SAY THE REMOTE COUNSELING DURINGTHE PANDEMIC HAVE PREVENTEDSUICIDES SUICIDES AND KEEPOTHERS SOBER.LONG THEY’RE ISOLATED AND ANDTHAT’S WHEN THE SYMPTOMS REALLYSTART TO ESCALATE BUT THE POINTYOU JUST MADE IT’S NOTNECESSARILY RULE MISSOURI’SRIGHT HERE IN THE URBAN AREAS TOTRYING TO GET THAT SERVICES TOPEOPLE ADEQUATE SERVICES ANDMAKING SURE PATIENTS HAVE ANDCAN USE THE TECHNOLOGY THEY NEEDFOR REMOTE MEDICINE PLUS PROPERCOMPENSATION FOR PROVIDERS.SO PARSON WAS TOLD THATTELEMEDICINE IS BEING USEDWIDELY IN THE CITIES.IT’S NOT JUST AN OPTI