AT 5:00. KELLY: WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS FROM THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. FIVE OF ITS OFFICERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. KCPD SAYS INVOLVES FREE OFFICERS AND TWO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. THE OFFICERS ARE IN QUARANTINE. THE PERMISSIVE STAFFING LEVELS ARE STILL GOOD AND THEY HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO CALLS. ALSO, ANNA -- ON THE EAST SIDE, HOSPITAL HAS STOPPED ACCEPTING PATIENTS AFTER 15 STAFF MEMBERS THE HOSPITAL SAYS AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT SURE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE VIRUS. HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE BRACING FOR AN ANTICIPATED PEAK IN THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. IT COMES AS A NUMBER OF CONFIRMED DEATHS IN THE U.S. RISES TO ROUGHLY 10,000. KMBC 9’S BRIE JACKSON IS IN WASHINGTON. HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN THIS COULD BE THE WORST WEEK YET. BRIE: THAT IS RIGHT. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE PREDICTING THE VIRUS COULD PEAK SOON IN SOME AREAS, SAYING IT COULD BE A SAD MOMENT FOR MANY AMERICANS. BRIE: DOCTORS SAY THIS IS A CRITICAL WEEK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT NOT TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR PHARMACY, BUT DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAFE. BRIE: IN NEW YORK, THE HARDEST HIT STATE, CLOSING COMPANIES TEAMING UP TO MAKE MEDICAL CARE AS NEW YORK CITY WORKS TO KEEP UP WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF CASES. STATE LEADERS SEE GLIMMERS OF HOPE AS THE DAILY DEATH TOLL DROPS FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS. >> POSSIBLE FLATTENING OF THE CURVE IS BETTER THAN THE INCREASES WE HAVE SEEN. BRIE: CUOMO HOPES THE DOWNWARD TREND CONTINUES. WITH SOME AREAS SPEAKING SOONER THAN OTHERS, OFFICIALS IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL EXPECT THE SECOND WAVE WILL HIT THE CITY HARD. >> THE COMMUNITY SPREAD WILL CONTINUE. WE WILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE SUCCUMB TO ILLNESS AND PERHAPS DEATH. BRIE: FEDERAL LEADERS PREDICT HOSPITALIZATIONS AND CORONAVIRUS DEATHS COULD SPIKE THIS WEEK AND URGE AMERICANS TO BUCKLE DOWN. >> YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT IT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY ON THE FACT THAT TOMORROW IN THE NEXT DAY IT WILL LOOK REALLY BAD. BRIE: A NEW FEDERAL REPORT GIVES A GLIMPSE OF THE CHALLENGES HOSPITALS ARE FACING. IF FOUND A LACK OF TESTING AND SLOW RESULT ARE CAUSING SOME HOSPITALS TO KEEP UNCONFIRMED CASES LONGER. OFFICIALS SAY THE PROBLEM WILL ONLY GET WORSE AS CASES PEAK. HALEY: ALSO BREAKING THIS EVENING, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAS BEEN MOVED TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AS HIS CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS WORSEN. HIS OFFICE SAYS JOHNSON IS CONSCIOUS AND DOES NOT REQUIRE VENTILATION AT THE MOMENT. JOHNSON WAS ADMITTED TO ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL LATE SUNDAY, 10 DAYS AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19. THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES CONTINUES TO JUMP. IN MISSOURI, THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 2700 CASE SUNDAY MARKED ONE OF THE SMALLEST SINGLE DAY STATEWIDE INCREASES OVER THE PAST WEEK. KANSAS HAS 845 CASES. ONE IN FOUR CASES IS IN JOHNSON COUNTY. THOSE RISING NUMBERS CAN CREATE A LOT OF FEAR. THERE IS NO SIMPLE FORMULA FOR COPING WITH THE STRESS DURING THIS PANDEMIC. BUT KELLY ECKERMAN TALKED TO A LOCAL THERAPIST ABOUT SOME ADVICE THAT COULD HELP ALL OF US. KELLY: HALEY, HIS STRONGEST RECOMMENDATION IS, WHILE IT MIGHT BE A TIME TO ISOLATE PHYSICALLY, IT IS NOT THE TIME TO ISOLATE EMOTIONALLY. WHEN WE HEAR OF SO MANY PEOPLE SICK OR DYING, WE MIGHT FEEL IT’S WRONG TO EXPRESS OUR OWN EMOTIONS LIKE FEAR OR HELPLESSNESS. BUT EXPERTS SAY SHARING THOSE FEELINGS WITH OTHERS CAN HELP FREE YOUR MIND TO FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS AND NEW WAYS TO COPE. AS WE’RE BEING TOLD TO BRACE FOR A DEVASTATING WEEK AHEAD, HISTORY TELLS US SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IS THE BEST THING WE CAN DO. >> THAT IS WHY WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS AS HUMANS, THAT IS WHAT HAS KEPT US ALIVE IN TIMES OF CRISIS, IN THE FACE OF CRISIS. IT IS WHEN WE BAND TOGETHER AND WILL YOUR SIGNED -- WE RESPOND TO ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED. HISTORICALLY, WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH ALL OF THE CRISES YOU’VE MENTIONED. KELLY: HE SAYS TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING US STAY CONNECTED DURING THIS, AND RECOMMENDS REACHING OUT FOR SUPPORT WHEN YOU NEED IT. BUT ALSO, BE THERE TO LISTEN TO OTHERS’ CONCERNS WHEN YOU CAN. IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE COPING, MOCKRY ENCOURAGES YOU TO TO REACH OUT TO A COUNSELOR OR CALL ONE OF THE FREE MENTAL HE SUGGESTS THE NATIONAL SUICI PREVENTION LIFELINE -- 1-800-273-8255, WHICH IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. HALEY: SO MANY GREAT RESOURCES OUT THERE. THANK YOU. JOHNSON COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER IS EXPANDING ITS RESOURCES DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT’S ADDING STAFF TO ANSWER THEIR 24/7 CRISIS LINE. THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, 913-268-0156. IT IS ALSO INCREASING CASELOADS