Tuesday COVID-19 numbers -- 8 a.m.

Tuesday COVID-19 numbers -- 8 a.m.

TURNING NOW TO CORONAVIRUS CASESARE CONTINUING TO RISE IN THEMETRO MONDAY 389 NEW CASES OFCOVID-19 WERE REPORTED AND R9COUNTY AREA HIGHEST NUMBER OFTOTAL CASES IS A JOHNSON COUNTY,KANSAS FOLLOWED BY WYANDOTTECOUNTY IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURITHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTHSYSTEMS REPORTING THREE NEWDEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND FROMCOVID-19.KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY SAYSTHE STATE MAY NEED TO ROLL BACKREOPENING PLANS BECAUSE OF ARISING CASES ON MONDAY THE STATEREPORTED 1063 NEW CASES SINCEFRIDAY, AND YOU FIGURE IS BRINGKANSAS TO MORE THAN 26,000 CASESAND 335 DEATH SINCE THE OUTBREAKSTARTED NOW IF THE STATE ROLLEDBACK REOPENING PLANS GATHERINGSWOULD ONCE AGAIN BE CAPPED AT 15PEOPLE IN BARS AND NIGHTCLUBSWOULD CLOSE OWNERS OF BUSINESSESLIKE TANNER’S BAR AND GRILLACROSS THE STEET FROM THEUNIVERSITY OF KANS KANSASHOSPITAL.SAY THAT ROLLING BACK REOPENINGLYONS COULD BE DEVASTATING.HOPEFULLY WE DON’T HAVE TO DOTHIS.HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUSH FORWARDAND MOVE AHEAD.KELLY SAID MONDAY SHE DOESN’TWANT TO GO BACKWARDS BUT STRESSIS KANSAS HAS TO DO A BETTER JOBIN STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THECORONAVIRUS IN KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI MAYOR.QUIT LUCAS MIGHT ALSO CONSIDERNEW RESTRICTIONS IN THE FUTUREON MONDAY.HE AND REGIONAL LEADERS MET WITHA WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE TODISCUSS SLOWING THE SPREAD OFCOVID-19 SOME SUGGESTIONSINCLUDED CAPPING INDOOR DININGTO 25 PERCENT CAPACITY ATRESTAURANTS KEEPING MASK ORDERSIN PLACE AT ALL TIMES AND PUBLICALSO CLOSING BARS OR REDUCINGOUTDOOR ALCOHOL.THAT 10 EACH NIGHT ST.LOUIS COUNTY ALREADY HAS SIMILARRESTRICTIONS IN PLACE WITH A50-PERSON EVENT LIMIT NEWOCCUPANCY RULES FOR BUSIN