Friday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

AVERAGE.KELL THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT IS MORNING O TWOCOVID-19 OUTBREAKS.THERE ARE 30 CONFIRMED CASESFROM EXPOSURE AT OLD PATHSBAPTIST CHURCH.IT IS ESTIMATED MORE THAN 300PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.THERE ARE FIVE CONFIRMED CASFROM --.FIVE MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSEDTHERE.YOU ARE ASKED TO QUARANTINEIMMEDIATELY AND GET TESTED.WE’RE TRACKING THE CORONA VIRUSIMPACT ON BOTH SIDES OF THESTATE LINE.KANSAS IS REPORTING 942 NEWCASES SINCE WEDNESDAY.MISSOURI IS REPORTING 1400 NEWCASES SINCE THURSDAYTHE CASES ARE FROM THE LAST 24HOURS AS THE STATE HAS CAUGHT UPON TEST RESULTS.KANSAS HAS A MORE THAN 18%POSITIVITY RATE.THE STATE DID CHANGE HOW IT ISREPORTING TESTING SO IT MAY BEONE REASON THE NUMBER IS SOHIGH.MISSOURI IS AT ALMOST 11%.COVID-19 HAS BROUGHT MANY THINGSTO A HALT INCLUDING A LOT OFSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DRUGTRIALS.BUT THERE’S AN EXCEPTION.ONE DRUG TRIAL GOT TO CONTINUEBECAUSE IT WAS DESIGNED TO BNO-CONTACT, COMPLETELY VIRTUAL.LOCAL DOCTORS BELIEVE THIS COULDBE THE FUTURE.