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Collin County COVID-related deaths increase by one

by | Aug 31, 2020 | Latest

Collin County and Texas Health and Human Services released updated COVID-19 information.

State officials listed 43 new cases of COVID-19 today, Aug. 31, in Collin County and are still reporting an adjusted total of 10,989 confirmed cases.

The state is also reporting 612 active cases and a total of 10,377 have recovered.

There are 98 cases hospitalized and 112 have died from COVID-19 related illness.

Today, hospitalizations throughout the state were reported lower at 4,203 and 831 cases were reported hospitalized in North Texas.

The link below to the Collin County Health Care Services is showing an additional 109 cases on its spreadsheet since Saturday (two-day total).

New cases reported by Collin County Health Services on the spreadsheet in eastern Collin County since Saturday, Aug. 29 include one in Blue Ridge, three in Lavon, one in Murphy, two in Parker and eight in Wylie.

An updated breakdown of all cases to date is available at: https://apps.collincountytx.gov/reports/COVID19/Daily%20Report%20by%20City.xlsx

When you click this link an Excel spreadsheet will be created with all reported Collin County cases by city. According to the report, this update is currently managed by Collin County Health Care Services, not the State of Texas.

As of 12:00 AM June 1, 2020, the Department of State Health Services will perform all COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing activities for Collin County’s local health authority. Collin County will be able to access the state system to obtain data and reports for its jurisdiction, but details on the extent of the data and how reports will be distributed will be announced as soon as they are available.

From Staff Reports • [email protected]

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