Kansas City metro area health officials are grappling with how to handle continuing case number increases after reopening businesses more than a month ago.What you need to know:The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday the state has 28,876 cases confirmed cases of COVID-19, and there have been 365 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 Monday 1,255 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 in the state and there are 52,887 confirmed cases since the outbreak started.MONDAY6:45 p.m. -- The Missouri State High School Activities Association said it is working with schools in areas where local health departments have required virtual learning options only and recommending no sports or activities in the fall.The MSHSAA staff will talk with the board of directors about any possible changes to the start of fall activities.The board and staff will discuss a wide range of ideas, which may include the postponement of fall activities; the ability of schools only offering distance learning to their students to still participate in activities while not holding in-person classes, as well as possible regional competition outside the traditional season once a school is offering in-person learning.“With the changing face of the start of the school year for our member schools, the board and staff want to discuss possibilities that would allow as many students to participate as safely as possible," said MSHSAA Executive Director Dr. Kerwin Urhahn. "The association wants to work with schools to provide as many opportunities as possible. For the schools currently planning to start the year as normal, our current hope is that the Fall season will proceed to its fruition."4:35 p.m. -- A student at Raymore-Peculiar High School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the school district. READ MORE.3:23 p.m. -- Seven St. Louis Cardinals players and six staff members tested positive for COVID-19, causing Major League Baseball to postpone the team's four-game series at Detroit.The series was to have been played at Comerica Park from Tuesday through Thursday.St. Louis has been in quarantine since Thursday in Milwaukee, where the Cardinals' series last weekend was postponed, and the team is being tested daily. St. Louis last played July 29 at Minnesota and is tentatively set to resume its schedule this Friday at home against the Chicago Cubs.The Cardinals are the second team sidelined by the novel coronavirus since the season started July 23. The Miami Marlins are set to resume play Tuesday in Baltimore following an outbreak within their traveling party that sidelined half the players. Miami has not played since July 26.Because the outbreak occurred in the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies were sidelined for a week while they were tested daily.3:15 p.m. -- Recent coronavirus outbreaks at Missouri correctional facilities are prompting some advocates for prison inmates to urge the state to require face coverings for staff.The Missouri Department of Corrections reported Monday that 539 prisoners and 122 staff members across the state have tested positive for COVID-19. The majority of those cases have occurred in recent weeks at four facilities; 354 of the 539 cases are considered “active,” as are 76 of the 122 cases involving staff. Active means the sickened person has not recovered or died.Prisons across the U.S. have been the sites of several outbreaks, and Missouri is among the states that do not require prison staff to wear face coverings. Hedy Harden, chairwoman of Missouri CURE, a St. Louis-based prisoner advocacy organization, said people who work at prisons are those most likely to introduce the virus to the facilities. READ MORE2:15 p.m. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,047 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the statewide total to 52,887 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 1,255 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up two from Sunday’s report.Health officials said 889 patients have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, which is the same number from Sunday. Due to a change in data measures and the reporting platform issued by the White House on July 13, data on hospitalization reflects a 72-hour delay. The state of Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.[ MISSOURI COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]The state said it has tested a total of 712,948 people through PCR testing – a test that looks for the virus in the nose, throat or other areas of the respiratory tract to determine if there is an active infection – and 7.2% of those were positive.The state said it has tested 60,381 through serology testing – a test that looks for antibodies in the blood – and 3.7% of those were positive.The DHSS reports 6,027 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas City, Missouri, while Jackson County now has 3,537 cases since the outbreak started. Health officials said there have been 54 deaths in Kansas City, and Jackson County reports 51 total.The state also lists 914 total cases in Clay County (outside of Kansas City), 654 in Cass County and 318 in Platte County.1:15 p.m. -- The Lake of the Ozarks is trending again for the wrong reasons.Since Memorial Day weekend, the Lake of the Ozarks has captured national attention with events packed with people not social distancing during the pandemic. This weekend, a massive EDM concert was held with hundreds of people bunched together without masks. The concert was at a waterfront bar at the lake. Since the video went viral, EDM group Adventure Club has dropped out of the lineup.State health officials reported no new deaths related to COVID-19 in the latest numbers update for Missouri on Sunday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said 582 new cases of coronavirus were reported to the state, taking the state's total number of cases to 51,850.The state saw the addition of 1,517 cases over the weekend after a week full of large case number gains, which officials attributed to a backlog of testing. 12:45 p.m. -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported an increase of 1,064 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in its first update since Friday to push the statewide total to 28,876 since the outbreak started. DHE officials said the death total grew by seven on Monday to 365, and the average median age of the deaths is 78. The overall positive rate is now at 11.5%. The numbers were elevated last week due to a change in how they were reporting testing numbers as of Monday last week.Health officials said Monday that 1,782 patients have been hospitalized since the start of the outbreak, 505 were admitted to the ICU, 184 required mechanical ventilation and 1,196 patients have been discharged. The state said it has tested 301,839 people with 272,963 negative test results, an overall positive test rate of 9.6%, and it is testing 103.61 per 1,000 people in Kansas.[ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]Johnson County continues to have the most confirmed cases in Kansas. Johnson County has 5,252 and Wyandotte County has 4,711.Sedgwick County – where Wichita is located – is the county with the third most cases with 4,506. Leavenworth County – home to Lansing Correctional Facility – has 1,457 cases, and Douglas County now reports 685.Health officials said the median age of people with COVID-19 is 37, and they are monitoring 137 active clusters, including 41 at private businesses, 42 at long-term care facilities and 19 related to large gatherings.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 afternoon, there have been 16,693 people who have recovered from the coronavirus.9:30 a.m. -- The latest COVID-19 numbers from Missouri show 582 new cases reported on Sunday. We will get an update from Kansas on Monday. On Friday, Kansas reported 942 new cases. Health officials are also keeping a close eye on the percentage of tests coming back positive. Kansas’ rate now sits at more than 18%. The state announced it is now reporting confirmed and probable cases in the case totals. A confirmed case is defined as a person who tested positive. A probable test is defined as a person with a) presumptive lab evidence with COVID-19 symptoms or epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case, or b) no lab testing with COVID-19 symptoms and epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case. The state said a person with multiple positive tests is only counted once in their totals.In Missouri, the percent positive rate is at 10.9%.The World Health Organization wants those numbers to be below 10%.9 a.m. -- The epicenter of the pandemic could be shifting to the Midwest, according to Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Birx said she’s watching a rise in cases in Kansas and Missouri. Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Nebraska are seeing more cases, too. Birx says the driving factor is that more people are taking vacations and traveling.8:30 a.m. -- Johnson County reported Monday morning 5,150 positive cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started. The county said it has 2,591 presumed recoveries and 98 people have died since the start of the outbreak. It also has tested 76,493 people with 72,460 negative tests for an overall positive test rate of 6.8%. The county said it has tested 127.0 people per 1,000 in the county. The county said it is monitoring seven outbreaks at senior living care facilities. 7:45 a.m. -- Wyandotte County is reporting 4,492 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak started, with 42 patients currently hospitalized and 104 probable cases. The county said 95 people have died from the coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, and 1,212 people are presumed recovered. The 66102 ZIP code is the most impacted area of the county with 1,224 cases, followed by the 66104 ZIP code with 738 and 66106 with 540.7:30 a.m. -- The state of Kansas isn’t officially listing the number of people that have recovered from COVID-19, but local health departments across the state are keeping track. According to numbers from Monday morning, there have been 16,606 people that have recovered from the coronavirus. This includes 1,204 in Wyandotte County, 2,525 in Johnson County, 1,270 in Leavenworth County and 568 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 ]SUNDAY2:30 p.m. -- State health officials reported no new deaths related to COVID-19 in the latest numbers update for Missouri on Sunday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said 582 new cases of coronavirus were reported to the state, taking the state's total number of cases to 51,850.The state saw the addition of 1,517 cases over the weekend after a week full of large case number gains, which officials attributed to a backlog of testing. The state also saw a rise in hospitalizations related to the virus, growing from 812 patients Saturday to 889 (+77) on Sunday. The state's reporting website reports 702,467 people have been tested with a PCR test, or the nasal swab test. Of those, 50,663 cases were reported. The additional 2,215 cases were confirmed through serology testing, which looks for antibodies in the blood. The state said out of the last 7 days, 10.2% of PCR tests were positive, with a 7.2% average since the start of the pandemic. St. Louis County continues to see the highest rate of infection for the coronavirus with 12,984 total cases reported to the state as of Sunday. Kansas City has the second highest number of total cases, according to the state dashboard, with 5,929. Jackson County is fifth overall on the list with 3,450 positive cases. [ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]SATURDAY2:30 p.m.-- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 935 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 51,258 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 1,253 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 10 from Friday.Health officials last reported that 812 patients have been hospitalized due to COVID-19. The state of Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 696, 745 people through PCR testing – a test that looks for the virus in the nose, throat or other areas of the respiratory tract to determine if there is an active infection – and 9.8% of those were positive.The state said it has tested 59,883 through serology testing – a test that looks for antibodies in the blood – and 3.7% of those were positive.The DHSS reports 5,865 (+67) confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas City, Missouri, while Jackson County now has 3,396 (+76) cases since the outbreak started. Health officials said there have been 53 deaths in Kansas City, and Jackson County reports 51 total.The state also lists 896 (+14) total cases in Clay County (outside of Kansas City), 630 (+9) in Cass County and 308 (+7) in Platte County.[ CLICK HERE FOR MAPS OF COVID-19 CASES BY COUNTY IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ][ TRACKING COVID-19 CURVE OF CASES, DEATHS IN KANSAS & MISSOURI ]FRIDAY8:30 p.m. -- The Lexington R-V School District has delayed the start of school until Sept. 14. In addition, the district said all sports would be discontinued for the fall semester, saying it would be "impossible to safely conduct these activities using COVID-19 prevention recommendations." READ MORE.8 p.m. -- The Raytown School District has delayed the start of school until after Labor Day. The Board of Education voted unanimously to move the first day of school PreK-12 to Sept. 8. READ MORE.4 p.m. -- The Jackson County Health Department is warning of two COVID-19 outbreaks. READ MORE.3:20 p.m. -- Raymore Parks and Recreation said because of the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in Cass County, it is having to cancel some community events through Labor Day.The following events are canceled: Movie in the Park, July 31 Mini Mud Run, Aug. 21 Cornhole Tournament, Aug. 82:15 p.m. -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 1,489 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the statewide total to 50,323 since the start of the outbreak.There have now been 1,243 deaths across Missouri from COVID-19, which is up 10 from Thursday.Health officials last reported that 869 patients have been hospitalized due to COVID-19. The state of Missouri does not list how many people have recovered from COVID-19.The state said it has tested a total of 686,773 people through PCR testing – a test that looks for the virus in the nose, throat or other areas of the respiratory tract to determine if there is an active infection – and 9.7% of those were positive.The state said it has tested 59,610 through serology testing – a test that looks for antibodies in the blood – and 3.7% of those were positive.The DHSS reports 5,798 (+126) confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas City, Missouri, while Jackson County now has 3,320 (+131) cases since the outbreak started. Health officials said there have been 51 deaths in Kansas City, and Jackson County reports 50 total.The state also lists 882 total cases in Clay County (outside of Kansas City), 621 in Cass County and 301 in Platte County.12:30 p.m. -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 942 new COVID-19 cases since the last update Wednesday. The state also announced 9 new deaths, taking the state totals to 27,812 cases overall and 358 deaths.[ KANSAS COVID-19 COVID-19 DASHBOARD ]The state currently lists 1,751 hospitalizations (+51) since the start of the outbreak, with 98 (+15) ICU beds currently in use by COVID-19 patients. With 27,812 positive cases, the state has seen 264,695 negative cases as of Friday.The highest concentration of cases in the state remains in Johnson County with 4,995 listed by the state, which differs from what was released by the county.The state lists Wyandotte County with the second highest concentration with 4,587, and Sedgewick County with the third highest total of 4,196.Noon -- A western Kansas mayor says he believes he contracted COVID-19 at a political event for a state senator earlier this month. Scott City, Kan. Mayor Everett Green said up to this point he has not been wearing a mask. He tested positive after noticing symptoms over the weekend. Click here to read more. 8:00 a.m. -- No new deaths were reported as the result of COVID-19 Friday, according to the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment. The county reported 88 new cases of coronavirus Friday, taking the county total to 4,869.A map of the curve of positive cases in Johnson County shows case numbers trending down. Meanwhile, the test rate per 1,000 people continues to increase. County officials reported 122.6 tests have been done on average per every 1,000 county residents. The county percent positive rate has remained steady at 6.6 percent. [ 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.