Tuesday 6 a.m. COVID-19 update

Positivity rates for both states are headed in the wrong direction.

IS MISSING, SO IF YOU’VE SEENHER, CALL 911.CODY6:: 03, WE ARE WATCHINGPOSITIVITY RATES GET A SENSE OFWHO THE VIRUS IS SPREADING, ANDLOOK AT THEM SUE.RGIN MISSOURI, 12.3% OF TESTS ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE.THAT’S MORE THAN TWICE WHATT IWAS JUST TWO AND A HALF WEEKSAGO.KANSAS’S POSITIVITY RATE IS7.1%.THE RATE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLEDSIE NCJUST THIS PAST FRIY.DAWE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH TSEHONUMBERS.THE DELTA VARIANT IS QUICKLYTAKING HOLD IN ONE OF KANSAS’LARGEST COUNTI.ESDONNA: TALKING ABOUT JOHNSONCOUNTY, WHERE 94 CESAS OF THEVARIANT HAVE BEEN REPORTED.THE COUNTY’S HEALTH DIRECTORCALLS THAT NUMBER CONCERNING.HE SAYS MOST OF THE CASES ARECONGMI FROM UNVACCINATED FOLKS, PRIMARILY YOUNG ADULTS ANDKIDS TOO YOUNG TO GET THE SHOT.HIS ADVICE TO GET THIS UERNDCONTROISL SIMPLE ANDSTRAIGHTFORWARD.HE SAYS GET THE SHOT.