Noon COVID-19 update

STORY AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONOF THAT LITTLE GIRL.WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING,MEANWHILE, THE CORONAVIRUSIMPACT ON BOTH SIDES OF THESTATE LINE.THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM KANSASSHOW MORE THAN 1300 NEW CASESREPORTED LAST WEEK.THE POSITIVITY RATE IS PROMISINGAS WELL.THE MONTHLY RATE SITS AT 5.7%RIGHT NOW.AND THEN ON THE MISSOURI SIDE,MORE THAN 6800 TESTS CAME BACKPOSITIVE LAST WEEK.THE STATE TRACKS THEIRPOSITIVITY RATE ON A WEEKLYBASIS.IT SITS AT 8.4% TODAY.AND MISSOURI NOW HAS ITS FIRSTCONFIRMED CASE OF WHAT'S KNOWNAS THE U.K. VARIANT OF COVID-19.CASE COMES FROM MARION COUNTY INNORTHEAST MISSOURI.THE VARIANT WAS FIRST DETECTEDIN THE UNITED KINGDOM LASTSEPTEMBER.THE C.D.C.

SAYS IT'S MORETRANSMISSIBLE AND 33 STATES HAVEREPORTED CASES.U.K. VARIANT INCLUDING BOTHMISSOURI AND KANSAS.MEANWHILE, LARGE SHIPMENTS OFTHE COVID-19 VACCINE ARE HEADEDTO THE KANSAS CITY METRO THISWEEK.IT IS PART OF GOVERNOR PARSON'SMISSION TO VACCINATE MOREMISSOURIANS.INSTEAD OF HAVING EACH COUNTYCOME UP WITH THEIR OWN PLAN, THESTATE SENDING DOSES STRAIGHT TOHOSPITALS REACHING OUT TO THEIROWN PATIENTS.THEY ARE COMING TO TRUMAN,LIBERTY AND NORTH KANSAS CITYHOSPITALS.YOU CAN LEREACH OUT DIRECT TO YOFROM TO GET A SHOT.SPRING SPORTS ARE AROUND THECORNER.HOW SAFE WILL THEY BE IN THISPANDEMIC?DAVID SMITH IS THE PROGRAMDIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE ATTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTHSYSTEM.EVEN WITH THE VACCINE ROLLOUT,HE KNOWS KIDS WON'T BE GETTINGVACCINATED ANY TIME SOON.THEY'LL BUILD ON ALL THEY'VELEARNED IN THE PANDEMIC SO FAR.