Missouri COVID-19 update - Sunday

Missouri falls under the CDC-recommended 10 percent or less with positive test rates

MASK.EMILY: MISSOURI HEALTHOFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE CHANGINHOW THEY COUNT POSITIVITY RATEOF CORONAVIRUS TESTS TO COME UPWITH A MORE ACCURATE NUMBER.THE STATE WAS PREVIOUSLYCOMBINING DATA FROM BOTH VIRUSAND ANTIBODY TESTINGWHICH GAVE A LOWER POSITIVEPERCENTAGE RATE.THE DIRECTOR OF MISSOURI HEALTHAND SENIOR SERVICES SAYS THE CDCHAD INSTRUCTED STAFF TO COMBINETESTING DATA.NOW WITH MORE ANTIBODY TESTINGBEING DONE -THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE REPORTEDSEPARATELY FROM CORONAVIRUSCASES.SO HERE ARE THE NEW NUMBERS.RIGHT NOW IN MISSOURI, 7.8% OFTESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE.THAT’S UNDER THE CDC’S GOAL O10%.THAT HELPS DETERMINE IF TESTINIS BEING DONE ACCURATELY.THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS TESTSCOMING IN POSITIVE CONTINUES TODROP IN KANSAS.7.9% HAVE POSITIVE RESULTS.THAT’S THE 7-DAY AVERAGE LOOKINGOVER THE LAST TWO WE