The Texas Department of State Health Services released updated COVID-19 information for Jan. 18.

All counts, except for hospitalized cases, are compiled from the TDSHS website.

State officials listed two deaths and 555 new cases of COVID-19 in Collin County and are reporting a total of 55,352 confirmed cases to date.

Today, the state is also reporting 5,481 active cases and a total of 49,871 have recovered in Collin County.

Through today, 474 have died from COVID-19 related illness in the county.

Collin County officials reported that 536 are hospitalized with COVID-19, an increase of 26 since yesterday.

An increase of 130 hospitalizations throughout the state were reported at 13,858 of which 3,919 cases were reported hospitalized in North Texas, 12 more than yesterday.

An updated breakdown of all Collin County 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.

From Staff Reports • [email protected]