Tuesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

Tuesday 4 p.m. COVID-19 update

WATCH TONIGHT AT 9 ON KMBC 9.LARA: MISSOURI IS PROVIDING ANUPDATE ON THE CORONAVIRUS.IT’S REPORTING MORE THAN 1600CASES SINCE MONDAY.THE COUNTIES WITH THE BIGGESTINCREASES ARE IN THE JEFFERSONCITY AREA.THERE ARE ALSO 28 NEW DEATHS.MISSOURI HAS REPORTED 2,838DEATHS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.KANSAS WILL GIVE US AN UPDATETOMORROW.THE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOLDISTRICT SAYS 109 STUDENTS AREBEING ISOLATED RIGHT NOW.THAT MEANS THEY TESTED POSITIVEOR THEY’RE PRESUMED POSITIVE ORTHEY’RE SHOWING SYMPTOMS.ANOTHER 133 STUDENTS ARE BEINGQUARANTINED RIGHT NOW.MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE INQUARANTINE DUE TO A COMMUNITYEXPOSURE, NOT A SCHOOL EXPOSURE.THE MAJORITY OF CASES ARE INELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.KELLY: THE UNITED STATES ISAVERAGING 68,000 CASES, EVERYDAY, OVER THE PAST WEEK.FOR PERSPECTIVE ARROWHEADSTADIUM’S CAPACITY IS 76,000.HOSPITALIZATIONS NATIONWIDE AREAT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCEMID-AUGUST.DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS THENUMBERS SHOW THAT THE COUNTRYNEVER FULLY EMERGED FROM WHATMANY CALL THE FIRST WAVE