Sunday a.m. COVID-19 update - June 7

Missouri reports 809 deaths related to COVID-19

P.ROB: STARTING MONDAY,THE STATE OF MISSOURI BEGINS AMISSION TO TEST NEARLY 11,000PEOPLE FOR CORONAVIRUS.IT’S PART OF GOVERNOR PARSON’SCOMMUNITY SAMPLING PLAN.21 COUNTIES ARE TAKING PART INTHIS ROUND, YOU CAN SEE THEMLISTED THERE ON YOUR SCREEN.SOME OF THEM ARE IN OUR AREA.IF YOU LIVE IN THOSE COUNTIES,AND WANT TO GET A TEST, SIGN UPAT HEALTH.MO.GOV-SLASH-COMMUNITYTEST.HERE ARE THE LATEST LOOK ATCORONAVIRUS NUMBERS, ON BOTHSIDES OF THE STATE LINE.IN MISSOURI THE STATE ISREPORTING MORE THAN 14,000CASES.809 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.KANSAS IS REPORTING MORE THAN10,000 CASES, WITH 232 DEATHS.IF YOU WANT TO GET TESTED FORCOVID-19 BY THE KANSAS CITYHEALTH DEPARTMENT YOU NEED TOMAKE AN APPOINTMENT.LAST WEEK, THE SLOTS FOR THEENTIRE WEEK FILLED UP QUICKLYAND APPOINTMENTS FOR MONDAY AREALREADY GONE.TESTING WILL TAKE PLACE ONTUESDAY AT THE SEARS AT ANTIOCHCROSSING.IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANAPPOINTMENT, CALL 3-1-1.YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF EITHERKCMO, JACKSON OR CLAY COUNTY.YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE SYMPTOMSTO BE TESTED.TOMORROW, PLAYGROUNDS ON THEKANSAS SIDE OF THE METRO REOPENFOR KIDS.ON MONDAY, PARK PLAYGROUNDS ARESET TO REOPEN IN JOHNSON COUNTY,KANSAS, PARKS, AND IN THE CITYPARKS OF SHAWNEE, LENEXA ANDOVERLAND PARK.THIS IS PART OF THE PHASE 3REOPENING PLAN FOR THE STATE OFKANSAS.SOCIAL DISTANCING IS STILLREQUIRED, WHICH CAN BE ACHALLENGE FOR YOUNG KIDS.ALONG WITH PLAYGROUNDS, TENNISAND PICKLEBALL COURTS MAYREOPEN, BASKETBALL COURTS REMAINCLOSED