Kansas City metro area health officials are grappling with how to handle continuing case count increases after reopening businesses more than three months ago. What you need to know:The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday the state has 85,181 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and there have been 1,029 deaths since the outbreak started. Kansas is now only updating COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Saturday that there have been 183,186 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak and 3,024 deaths.SATURDAY10:15 a.m. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,986 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 183,186 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 3,024 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 99 from Friday's reporting.On Friday, DHSS analyzed several death certificates and linked 72 COVID-19 associated deaths with the appropriate cases in the state’s disease surveillance system. Those that had not already been reported to the state by another entity were then captured and reported publicly through the dashboard this morning. This weekly activity typically causes a sharp increase in the deaths added to Missouri’s total the following day. Two of the 72 deaths occurred in August, and four occurred in September. 66 of the deaths occurred earlier in October. [ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD]Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 2,5917,550 and 108,751 were tested in the past seven days. There have been 14,017 positive cases and 104 deaths in the last week.Looking at local numbers, the DHSS reported 15,245 (+259) confirmed cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 10,480 (+115) cases in Jackson County. The state also lists 2,713 (+70) total cases in Clay County, 2,188 (+52) in Cass County and 1,047 (+15) in Platte County.FRIDAY3 p.m. -- A study has found that Kansas counties that require masks have seen about half as many new coronavirus infections as counties that don’t mandate face coverings. The University of Kansas study, “Do Masks Matter in Kansas,” found that counties that require masks saw a decrease in their seven-day rolling average of daily cases per 100,000 population starting 14 days after the mandate was issued. READ MORE2:25 p.m. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 2,507 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the statewide total to 180,200 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 2,925 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 26 from Thursday's reporting. The DHSS said that number is not always indicative of deaths that occurred in the past 24 hours. This is based on when information was received and/or entered in the system.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD]Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 2,494,866 and 109,764 were tested in the past seven days. There have been 13,158 positive cases and 98 deaths in the last week.Looking at local numbers, the DHSS reported 14,986 (+209) confirmed cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 10,365 (+75) cases in Jackson County. The state also lists 2,643 total cases in Clay County, 2,136 in Cass County and 1,032 in Platte County.2 p.m. -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an increase of 3,136 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its first update since Wednesday, pushing the statewide total to 85,181 since the outbreak started.KDHE officials said Thursday the death total grew by 22 to 1,029. The average median age of the deaths is 80, which is steady from Wednesday’s reporting.Health officials said Friday that 3,832 (+80) patients have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak, 36% (-12%) of ICU beds are available and 82% (+1) of the state’s ventilators are available.The state said it has tested 642,782 people with 557,601 negative test results with an overall monthly positive test rate of 9.1%.[ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]Johnson County continues to have the most confirmed cases in Kansas with 15,817. Sedgwick County is the county with the second most cases with 13,138. Wyandotte County is third with 8,685 cases.Leavenworth County – home to Lansing Correctional Facility – has 2,687 cases, and Douglas County now reports 2,816. The Douglas County case count is largely tied to increases at the University of Kansas.Health officials said the median age of people with COVID-19 is 37, and they are monitoring 261 (+26) active outbreak clusters with 94 (+8) clusters reported in long-term care facilities.10:30 a.m.-- Johnson County reported Friday morning 14,596 (+287) cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, 1,852 cases in the last 14 days and 307 cases per 100,000 people in the county over the last 14 days. The county said it has 11,348 (+83) presumed recoveries, 203 (+2) people have died, and 568 (+6) people have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. Johnson County said it has tested 152,433 people with 137,837 tests coming back negative.As of Friday, the school reopening gating criteria – the 14-day rolling total used by the county to make recommendations on how schools should reopen – remained in the orange phase and the percent positivity moving average is at 8.6%. The last few weeks it had been in the 6% range.The county said it is monitoring 26 outbreaks at senior living care facilities. It also said that 133 (+4) people from senior living care facilities have died, which is 65.5% of the deaths in Johnson County. 8 a.m. -- Wyandotte County is reporting Friday morning 8,241 (+72) confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, with 41 (+0) patients currently hospitalized and 255 (+1) probable cases. The county said 165 (+0) people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. The county’s COVID-19 report indicates which ZIP codes have the most recent cases. Over a 14-day period, the 66106 ZIP code had 93 cases, followed by 66102 with 94, 66109 with 75 and 66104 with 74.Wyandotte County does not list hospital capacity numbers on its dashboard. 7 a.m. -- The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Friday morning, there have been 62,268 people who have recovered from the coronavirus. This includes 11,265 in Johnson County, 6,835 in Wyandotte County, 2,336 in Leavenworth County and 2,604 in Douglas County. 6:30 a.m. -- A nursing home where every resident has tested positive for the coronavirus in a rural Kansas county with the state’s highest infection rate has been warned that federal officials are moving to remove it from the Medicare program, putting its funding at risk. The lack of masks among workers at the Andbe Home in Norton was cited this week in a scathing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report. The agency said the facility faces $14,860 in fines and that it will lose Medicare funding effective Nov. 18. Sixty-one residents of the home and about three dozen staff members have been infected, and 12 have died. 6 a.m. -- The new surge of the coronavirus was evident in Missouri on Thursday, with record hospitalizations in St. Louis and Columbia, and the Kansas City metropolitan area experiencing its worst month ever for COVID-19 deaths.The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force late Wednesday reported 72 hospital admissions in one day, the most since tracking began in April. While new admissions dropped to 52 on Thursday, the task force said the seven-day average of total hospitalizations rose to 379 from 371.Admissions at St. Louis-area hospitals have risen dramatically over the past month, driven in part by an increase in patients from rural areas where hospitals are overwhelmed.Alex Garza, who heads the task force, called the recent rise in hospital admissions “heartbreaking.”St. Louis hospitals are at 85% capacity, and intensive care units are at 75%, the task force reported.“We have a lot of sick people in our care, and they don’t just have COVID-19. But we can prevent the number of patients sick with the virus if we all just wear a mask, social distance, stay away from large gatherings and wash our hands,” Garza said.The situation is equally dire in Columbia, where the Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 95 people hospitalized with COVID-19, a new record. Nearly one-third of those patients - 31 - were in ICU, and 19 were on ventilators.Meanwhile, the Kansas City Star reported that the number of coronavirus deaths in the metro area, which includes Kansas City as well as counties in Missouri and Kansas, was at 176 in October, the most of any month since the onset of the pandemic.Deaths in the region have risen sharply during the fall. The metro area recorded 80 deaths in August but 172 in September.“We would predict that November will be worse than October,” Kansas City Health Department Director Rex Archer told the Star. “December’s going to be worse than November and January’s going to be worse than December. We will continue to set records.”The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' COVID-19 dashboard shows Missouri had the seventh-highest number of per capita deaths over the past seven days, and the 12th highest number of new cases per capita. The statewide positivity rate of 11.6% is more than twice the World Health Organization's 5% benchmark for reopening.Missouri Gov. Mike Parson allowed the state to reopen in mid-June. He has urged Missourians to take personal responsibility in preventing the spread of the virus, but there is no statewide mandate for masks or social distancing. Many local jurisdictions have implemented their own requirements.In Springfield, a judge has thrown out a lawsuit over the city's mask ordinance, KYKY-TV reported.Attorney Kristi Fulnecky filed the lawsuit in July on behalf of Springfield resident Rachel Shelton, calling the mask mandate a government overreach. Fulnecky said the judge ruled there was not enough evidence to show that Shelton was hurt by the ordinance.[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]THURSDAY5:15 p.m. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 3,061 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 177,693 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 2,899 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 29 from Wednesday's reporting. The DHSS said that number is not always indicative of deaths that occurred in the past 24 hours. This is based on when information was received and/or entered in the system.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD]Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 2,474,396 and 112,078 were tested in the past seven days. There have been 12,887 positive cases and 88 deaths in the last week.Looking at local numbers, the DHSS reported 14,777 (+194) confirmed cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 10,290 (+146) cases in Jackson County. The state also lists 2,611 total cases in Clay County, 2,118 in Cass County and 1,016 in Platte County.4:45 p.m. -- Mid-Continent Public Library's North Independence Branch at 317 W. 24 Highway and Farview Neighborhood Library at 18109 E. 12th St North will be closed until further notice due to potential COVID-19 exposure. The book drop at the North Independence Branch will remain open. The locations were immediately closed when a staff member was confirmed positive for the virus Thursday. If able to identify, the library is notifying customers who were in the locations between Oct. 26 and 28.The North Independence Branch will be open as an election polling location Tuesday, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., but no library services will be available.2:30 p.m. -- The Kansas City Chiefs appear to be playoff bound again in 2020, and tickets sales for the final three home games of the season are set to begin on Monday, Nov. 2. Tickets for games against the Broncos (Dec. 6), the Falcons (Dec. 27) and the Chargers (Jan. 3) will be sold under the same reduced Arrowhead Stadium capacity of approximately 22%. READ MORE10:55 a.m. -- A federal judge refused to intervene Wednesday to keep open a Missouri lab that handled coronavirus tests for about 2,500 nursing homes in 11 states after the federal government suspended the lab for what it alleged were serious violations that put patients’ health at risk. READ MORE 9:30 a.m.-- Johnson County reported Thursday morning 14,309 (+346) cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, 1,698 cases in the last 14 days and 282 cases per 100,000 people in the county over the last 14 days. The county said it has 11,265 (+85) presumed recoveries, 201 (+2) people have died, and 560 (+2) people have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. Johnson County said it has tested 151,356 people with 137,047 tests coming back negative.As of Thursday, the school reopening gating criteria – the 14-day rolling total used by the county to make recommendations on how schools should reopen – remained in the orange phase and the percent positivity moving average is at 8.2%. The last few weeks it had been in the 6% range.The county said it is monitoring 25 outbreaks at senior living care facilities. It also said that 129 (+2) people from senior living care facilities have died, which is 64.8% of the deaths in Johnson County. 8 a.m. -- Wyandotte County is reporting Thursday morning 8,169 (+54) confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, with 41 (+0) patients currently hospitalized and 254 (+5) probable cases. The county said 165 (+1) people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. The county’s COVID-19 report indicates which ZIP codes have the most recent cases. Over a 14-day period, the 66102 ZIP code had 93 cases, followed by 66106 with 84, 66104 with 72 and 66109 with 67.Wyandotte County does not list hospital capacity numbers on its dashboard. 7:45 a.m. -- A Springfield hospital is reopening a mobile unit outside the hospital as it tries to respond to high numbers of COVID-19 cases just as the flu season begins.Mercy Hospital in Springfield announced Wednesday that it has opened a respiratory unit inside trailers to provide initial care for COVID-19 and flu patients. The intent is to separate COVID-19 and flu patients from patients inside the hospital while also treating them more quickly, hospital officials said. READ MORE7 a.m. -- The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Wednesday morning, there have been 62,023 people who have recovered from the coronavirus. This includes 11,180 in Johnson County, 6,542 in Wyandotte County, 2,336 in Leavenworth County and 2,604 in Douglas County. 6:30 a.m. -- Kansas has set new state pandemic records for reported coronavirus cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday she hasn’t dropped the idea of calling the Republican-controlled Legislature into special session to impose a statewide mask mandate. The state health department added nearly 3,400 cases since Monday to its running tally for the pandemic to bring the total to 82,045. The rolling average was 1,084 for new, reported cases and 35 for hospitalizations for the seven days, ending Wednesday. The department switched recently to an automated system for tracking cases but even without that change boosting numbers, the state would have had a record average for new cases. 6 a.m. -- The new surge of the coronavirus was evident in Missouri on Thursday, with record hospitalizations in St. Louis and Columbia, and the Kansas City metropolitan area experiencing its worst month ever for COVID-19 deaths.The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force late Wednesday reported 72 hospital admissions in one day, the most since tracking began in April. Admissions at St. Louis-area hospitals have risen dramatically over the past month, driven in part by an increase in patients from rural areas where hospitals are overwhelmed.“In September, we were concerned when our admissions totals climbed over 40. Seeing totals like this is heartbreaking,” said Alex Garza, who heads the task force.St. Louis hospitals are at 85% capacity, and intensive care units are at 75%, the task force reported.“We have a lot of sick people in our care, and they don’t just have COVID-19. But we can prevent the number of patients sick with the virus if we all just wear a mask, social distance, stay away from large gatherings and wash our hands,” Garza said.The situation is equally dire in Columbia, where the Columbia/Boone County Health Department reported 95 people hospitalized with COVID-19, a new record. Nearly one-third of those patients -- 31 -- were in ICU, and 19 were on ventilators.Meanwhile, the Kansas City Star reported that the number of coronavirus deaths in the metro area, which includes Kansas City as well as counties in Missouri and Kansas, was at 176 in October, the most of any month since the onset of the pandemic.Deaths in the region have risen sharply during the fall. The metro area recorded 80 deaths in August but 172 in September.“We would predict that November will be worse than October,” Kansas City Health Department Director Rex Archer told The Star. “December’s going to be worse than November and January’s going to be worse than December. We will continue to set records.”The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services' COVID-19 dashboard shows Missouri had the seventh-highest number of per capita deaths over the past seven days, and the 12th highest number of new cases per capita. The statewide positivity rate of 11.6% is more than twice the World Health Organization's 5% benchmark for reopening.Missouri Gov. Mike Parson allowed the state to reopen in mid-June. He has urged Missourians to take personal responsibility in preventing the spread of the virus, but there is no statewide mandate for masks or social distancing. Many local jurisdictions have implemented their own requirements.[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]WEDNESDAY3:30 p.m. -- Kansas doesn’t appear to be containing the coronavirus. The state health department reported nearly 3,400 new cases Wednesday over just two days and a new record seven-day rolling average for new COVID-19-related hospitalizations. The health department's data showed that the rolling average for new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases was 1,084 a day for the seven days ending Wednesday. That’s 33% higher than the previous record for the seven-day rolling average of 815 for the seven days ending Monday. Kansas had another 106 hospitalizations to bring the pandemic total to 3,752. The state averaged 35 new hospitalizations a day over the seven days ending Wednesday.2:45 p.m. -- A day after Rockhurst had to shutdown its football program for the season, Lee’s Summit North has also ended its season due to a COVID-19 case. Katy Bergen with Lee’s Summit School District said the Broncos had one positive coronavirus case and they have “shutdown the season immediately.” READ MORE2:15 p.m. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,915 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 174,632 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 2,870 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 32 from Tuesday's reporting. The DHSS said that number is not always indicative of deaths that occurred in the past 24 hours. This is based on when information was received and/or entered in the system.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD]Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 2,454,427, and 116,934 were tested in the past seven days. There have been 12,385 positive cases and 76 deaths in the last week.Looking at local numbers, the DHSS reported 14,583 (+148) confirmed cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 10,144 (+111) cases in Jackson County. The state also lists 2,570 total cases in Clay County, 2,092 in Cass County and 1,010 in Platte County.2 p.m. -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an increase of 3,369 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its first update since Monday, pushing the statewide total to 82,045 since the outbreak started.Officials said KDHE’s disease surveillance system, EpixTrax, received an update which has an automated process that was previously done manually. On Wednesday, health officials said there will be an increase in cases that were part of the weekend update.KDHE officials said Wednesday the death total grew by 31 to 1,007. The average median age of the deaths is 80, which is steady from Monday’s reporting.Health officials said Monday that 3,752 (+106) patients have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak, 48% of ICU beds are available and 81% of the state’s ventilators are available.The state said it has tested 633,033 people with 550,988 negative test results with an overall monthly positive test rate of 8.6%.[ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]Johnson County continues to have the most confirmed cases in Kansas with 15,320. Sedgwick County is the county with the second most cases with 12,515. Wyandotte County is third with 8,485 cases.Leavenworth County – home to Lansing Correctional Facility – has 2,648 cases, and Douglas County now reports 2,752. The Douglas County case count is largely tied to increases at the University of Kansas.Health officials said the median age of people with COVID-19 is 37, and they are monitoring 235 (+0) active outbreak clusters with 86 clusters reported in long-term care facilities.Johnson County is home to seven of the clusters, with the highest concentrated located at Lakeview Village Long Term Care Center in Lenexa. There is one cluster in Wyandotte County located at The Piper Assisted Living and Memory Care in Kansas City, Kansas.1 p.m. -- After Kansas surpassed 1,000 COVID-19 related deaths, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday she is directing all flags in the state to be lowered to half-staff. READ MORE11 a.m. -- Wisconsin announced Saturday's game at Nebraska has been canceled due to COVID-19 cases in the program. Head coach Paul Chryst is among the 12 members on the team that have tested positive in the last five days. Also testing positive was former Blue Valley North star and Badger quarterback Graham Mertz. READ MORE9:20 a.m.-- Johnson County reported Wednesday morning 13,963 (+168) cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, 1,643 cases in the last 14 days and 273 cases per 100,000 people in the county over the last 14 days. The county said it has 11,180 (+109) presumed recoveries, 199 (+3) people have died, and 558 (+7) people have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. Johnson County said it has tested 149,937 people with 135,806 tests coming back negative.As of Wednesday, the school reopening gating criteria – the 14-day rolling total used by the county to make recommendations on how schools should reopen – remained in the orange phase and the percent positivity moving average is at 8.4%. The last few weeks it had been in the 6% range.The county said it is monitoring 25 outbreaks at senior living care facilities. It also said that 129 (+2) people from senior living care facilities have died, which is 64.8% of the deaths in Johnson County. 8 a.m. -- Wyandotte County is reporting Wednesday morning 8,115 (-6) confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, with 41 (+0) patients currently hospitalized and 249 (+2) probable cases. The county said 164 (+0) people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. The county’s COVID-19 report indicates which ZIP codes have the most recent cases. Over a 14-day period, the 66106 ZIP code had 96 cases, followed by 66102 with 88, 66104 with 73 and 66109 with 66.Wyandotte County does not list hospital capacity numbers on its dashboard. 7 a.m. -- The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Wednesday morning, there have been 61,151 people who have recovered from the coronavirus. This includes 11,071 in Johnson County, 6,542 in Wyandotte County, 2,243 in Leavenworth County and 2,594 in Douglas County. 6 a.m. -- Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and top Republican legislators agreed Tuesday to try for now to encourage Kansas counties to adopt local mask mandates rather than consider a statewide rule as the state experiences its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases of the pandemic. Kelly had a private Zoom meeting with eight leaders of the GOP-controlled Legislature, six of them Republicans, and participants said afterward that they discussed encouraging greater mask use. The state health department reported Monday that the state's rolling seven-day average for new cases set a record of 815 a day for the seven days ending Monday. READ MORE[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]TUESDAY7 p.m. -- Health officials in Johnson County, Kansas, said Tuesday that letters were sent to school superintendentsstrongly recommending that they prohibit winter indoor sports and activities, such as basketball or wrestling. Authorities said the recommendation was made because of the level of community transmission and the risks involved. READ MORE6:10 p.m.-- Rockhurst High School announced Tuesday that it will forfeit the remainder of the 2020 football season after someone in the program tested positive for COVID-19. READ MORE.5:55 p.m.-- Health officials in Johnson County, Kansas, said Tuesday that letters were sent to school superintendents strongly recommending that they prohibit winter indoor sports and activities, such as basketball or wrestling. READ MORE.3:30 p.m.-- Mid-Continent Public Library said its Kearney Branch at 100 S. Platte-Clay Way, will be closed until further notice due to possible COVID-19 exposure. The branch was closed when a staff member tested positive for the virus Tuesday. If able to identify, the library said it would notify customers who were in the branch on Oct. 24.Professional deep cleaning services will take place during the closure. The book drop will remain open and hold times will be extended so that materials will be available when the branch reopens. The library said it is working closely with the Clay County Health Department to the next steps.2:15 p.m.-- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,625 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 172,717 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 2,838 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 28 from Monday’s reporting. The DHSS said that number is not always indicative of deaths that occurred in the past 24 hours. This is based on when information was received and/or entered in the system.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD]Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 2,438,579, and 112,638 were tested in the past seven days. There have been 11,768 positive cases and 63 deaths in the last week.Looking at local numbers, the DHSS reported 14,435 (+122) confirmed cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 10,033 (+89) cases in Jackson County. The state also lists 2,536 total cases in Clay County, 2,058 in Cass County and 991 in Platte County. 12:30 p.m.-- Roger Marshall’s campaign says an unidentified member of campaign staff has tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign said the staffer was exposed at a personal event. The Republican candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas said Tuesday morning in Louisburg that the nation is “winning against COVID.”8 a.m. -- Wyandotte County is reporting Tuesday morning 8,121 (+84) confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, with 41 (+0) patients currently hospitalized and 247 (+1) probable cases. The county said 164 (+0) people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. The county’s COVID-19 report indicates which ZIP codes have the most recent cases. Over a 14-day period, the 66106 ZIP code had 103 cases, followed by 66102 with 100, 66104 with 79 and 66109 with 70.Wyandotte County does not list hospital capacity numbers on its dashboard. 7:30 a.m.-- Johnson County reported Tuesday morning 13,963 (+224) cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, 1,585 cases in the last 14 days and 263 cases per 100,000 people in the county over the last 14 days. The county said it has 11,071 (+50) presumed recoveries, 196 (+4) people have died, and 551 (+8) people have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. Johnson County said it has tested 149,186 people with 135,22 tests coming back negative.As of Tuesday, the school reopening gating criteria – the 14-day rolling total used by the county to make recommendations on how schools should reopen – remained in the orange phase and the percent positivity moving average is at 8.0%.The county said it is monitoring 25 outbreaks at senior living care facilities. It also said that 127 people from senior living care facilities have died, which is 64.7% of the deaths in Johnson County. 7 a.m. -- The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Tuesday morning, there have been 60,717 people who have recovered from the coronavirus. This includes 11,021 in Johnson County, 6,542 in Wyandotte County, 2,243 in Leavenworth County and 2,539 in Douglas County. 6:30 a.m.-- Kansas has reported reported record highs for its seven-day rolling averages of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday that she was considering calling the Republican-controlled Legislature into a special session to impose a statewide mask mandate. Kelly spokesman Sam Coleman confirmed that the governor planned to meet with top legislative leaders Tuesday by Zoom to discuss how the state can impose a mandate for people to wear masks in public. Kansas is seeing its largest surge in new coronavirus cases of the pandemic, with an average of 815 new cases and 32 new hospitalizations a day for the seven days ending Monday. 6 a.m. -- President Donald Trump's administration on Monday announced it's sending 1.8 million rapid coronavirus tests to Missouri. The tests can identify COVID-19 in as little as 15 minutes, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Around 1 million of the tests have been shipped as of Monday, according to the agency, though there's no current timetable for when the rest will be mailed. READ MORE[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]MONDAY6:45 p.m. -- Kansas City Public Schools announced Monday that it will delay in-person classes for its hybrid model because of increasing COVID-19 positivity rates. READ MORE4:50 p.m.-- The Clay County Health Department said there will be pop-up COVID-19 testing around county this week. Heart to Heart International, Kansas City Direct Primary Care, and Clay County Public Health Center will partner to provide multiple testing events every week, in different areas of the county. This testing will be provided free of charge to those who live or work in Clay County, with or without symptoms. Please view and share the attached flyers for the first two weeks of events.The health department still offers free, drive-through testing in Liberty for all county residents. Learn more at clayhealth.com/testing.A full list of test sites in and around Clay County can always be found at clayhealth.com/testing.3:30 p.m.-- Social media influencers might soon be popping up on Missouri residents' Instagram and Twitter accounts with reminders of ways they can help slow the spread of the coronavirus.The state is asking some popular Missourians to participate in the program to promote social distancing, handwashing and wearing masks on behalf of Gov. Mike Parson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday.Those who agree to participate will not be paid, said Maggie Kost, a spokeswoman for the Department of Economic Development.“The ask is pretty simple; we would like their help encouraging Missourians to take basic precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and get us all back to the things we love,” Kost said.TikTok star Nickolas Ray, a Missouri native with 1.7 million followers, and Jenna Fischer, an actress from Missouri with 3.1 million Instagram followers, have been asked to participate. Other possibilities include former St. Louis Cardinals star Ozzie Smith and Kansas City Royals Manager Mike Matheny, Kost said.The effort comes as confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to increase across the state. State health officials reported 171,022 newly confirmed cases, an increase of 1,527 from Sunday. Between Oct. 17-23, the state had 11,095 new cases, an average of 1,585 a day, according to state data. Missouri has recorded 2,810 deaths since the pandemic began, five more than on Sunday.3 p.m. -- Kansas is reporting new seven-day records for new coronavirus cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations. The state hit those high marks as Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly prepared to meet the Republican-controlled Legislature’s leaders following her call for a statewide mask mandate. The state averaged 815 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases for the seven days ending Monday, the first time the figure exceeded 800 cases since the pandemic reached Kansas in March. The state also averaged 32 new COVID-19-related hospitalizations for the seven days ending Monday. Kelly planned to meet with legislative leaders Tuesday by Zoom. She said last week that she wanted a bipartisan, statewide mask mandate. 2:15 p.m.-- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,527 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the statewide total to 171,022 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 2,810 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up five from Sunday’s reporting. The DHSS said that number is not always indicative of deaths that occurred in the past 24 hours. This is based on when information was received and/or entered in the system.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD]Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 2,420,611, and 104,911 were tested in the past seven days. There have been 11,095 positive cases and 65 deaths in the last week.Looking at local numbers, the DHSS reported 14,313 confirmed cases in Kansas City, Missouri, and 9,944 cases in Jackson County. The state also lists 2,504 total cases in Clay County, 2,020 in Cass County and 977 in Platte County. 12:30 p.m.-- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an increase of 2,446 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its first update since Friday, pushing the statewide total to 78,676 since the outbreak started.Officials said KDHE’s disease surveillance system, EpixTrax, received an update which has an automated process that was previously done manually. On Monday and Wednesday, health officials said there will be an increase in cases that were part of the weekend update.KDHE officials said Monday the death total grew by one to 976. The average median age of the deaths is 80, which is steady from Friday’s reporting.Health officials said Monday that 3,646 (+62) patients have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak, 39% of ICU beds are available and 81% of the state’s ventilators are available.The state said it has tested 625,931 people with 547,255 negative test results with an overall monthly positive test rate of 8.4%.[ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]Johnson County continues to have the most confirmed cases in Kansas with 14,581. Sedgwick County is the county with the second most cases with 12,004. Wyandotte County is third with 8,376 cases.Leavenworth County – home to Lansing Correctional Facility – has 2,613 cases, and Douglas County now reports 2,696. The Douglas County case count is largely tied to increases at the University of Kansas.Health officials said the median age of people with COVID-19 is 37, and they are monitoring 235 (+0) active outbreak clusters with 86 clusters reported in long-term care facilities.11:45 a.m.-- The Jackson County Health Department said Monday that around 20 positive COVID-19 cases have been reported and nearly 80 people have been exposed to the coronavirus at three area churches. READ MORE9:30 a.m.-- Lawrence is looking for ways to shelter more than 100 homeless people who are sleeping outside as the city's shelter operates at reduced capacity in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.The Lawrence Journal-World reports that commissioners could consider as soon as Nov. 3 whether to allow schools, event centers, recreation centers and other such buildings to house temporary overnight homeless shelters. Currently, only churches and other religious organizations can operate temporary shelters without a permit. The commission has already approved increasing the occupancy for temporary shelters from 15 to 40.The discussions come after the Lawrence Community Shelter reduced its capacity from 125 to 40 people amid the pandemic. That has contributed to more people camping near the Kansas River and on city parkland.The shelter is working to make changes, too, including adding a tiny home village on the shelter’s property that will house up to 48 people when it opens in May. The shelter also is using federal relief funding to help house people in hotels and move them into permanent housing. The city is using some some of the money for portable trailers that will house facilities for those staying at a temporary campsite.8 a.m. -- Wyandotte County is reporting Monday morning 8,037 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, with 41 patients currently hospitalized and 246 probable cases. The county said 164 people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. The county’s COVID-19 report indicates which ZIP codes have the most recent cases. Over a 14-day period, the 66106 ZIP code had 109 cases, followed by 66102 with 89, 66104 with 67 and 66109 with 63.Wyandotte County does not list hospital capacity numbers on its dashboard. 7:30 a.m.-- Johnson County reported Monday morning 13,739 cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, 1,492 cases in the last 14 days and 248 cases per 100,000 people in the county over the last 14 days. The county said it has 11,021 presumed recoveries, 192 people have died, and 543 people have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak. Johnson County said it has tested 148,279 people with 134,540 tests coming back negative.As of Monday, the school reopening gating criteria – the 14-day rolling total used by the county to make recommendations on how schools should reopen – remained in the orange phase and the percent positivity moving average is at 7.4%.The county said it is monitoring 25 outbreaks at senior living care facilities. It also said that 122 people from senior living care facilities have died, which is 65.6% of the deaths in Johnson County. 7 a.m. -- The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Monday morning, there have been 59,885 people who have recovered from the coronavirus. This includes 10,966 in Johnson County, 6,542 in Wyandotte County, 2,243 in Leavenworth County and 2,531 in Douglas County. [ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]The Associated Press contributed to this story.