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State reports four COVID deaths, 816 new Collin cases today, Wednesday

by | Feb 17, 2021 | Latest

The Texas Department of State Health Services released updated COVID-19 information for Feb 17.

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

State officials listed four deaths and 816 new cases over the last two days of COVID-19 in Collin County and are reporting a total of 68,399 confirmed cases to date.

Today, the state is also reporting 2,507 active cases and a total of 65,892 have recovered in Collin County.

Through today, 685 have died from COVID-19 related illness in the county.

Collin County officials reported that 329 are hospitalized with COVID-19, no change since yesterday.

A decrease of 215 in hospitalizations throughout the state were reported at 7,609 of which 2,122 cases, 35 more than yesterday, were reported hospitalized in North Texas.

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 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]

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