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McKinney and Collin County continue to see more residents testing positive for the coronavirus and experiencing serious effects from COVID-19, according to data from state dashboard and the city’s McKinney-specific dashboard.
Collin County stopped publishing countywide data, with the exception of hospitalizations on Nov. 10. A notice on the Collin County dashboard reads: Collin County will no longer post COVID-19 case data on this website. Counts of new and confirmed cases, those who have recovered, and COVID-related deaths in Collin County may be obtained from the Department of State Health Services at this link. Collin County will continue to report hospitalization data, as that information comes from daily polls of local hospitals reporting COVID-19 patients in their facilities.”
Sixty-five active cases have been added in the past week, with McKinney’s number rising to 3,312 on Nov. 13.
Officials also have attributed 36 deaths in McKinney to the coronavirus, but that number was frozen Sept. 3 when the DSHS stopped providing a city-specific number. Collin County reports 193 deaths.
Here’s are other ways COVID-19 is affecting life in McKinney.
Coronavirus cases
| McKinney | Collin County | |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed cases | 3,312 | 21,034 |
| Active | 342 | 1,850 |
| Recovered | 2,970 | 19,184 |
| Hospitalizations | (Number no longer provided) | (No longer provided) |
| Deaths | 36 (Number last provided by Texas DSHS on Sept. 3) | 207 |
Closings across the city
Gov. Abbott allowed Texas malls, stores, restaurants, movie theaters and restaurants to open with 25% occupancy on May 1, the day after his stay at home order expired. Abbot also allowed bars, bingo parlors, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors to open with capacity restrictions.
Many of those openings were rolled back when cases spiked this summer, and Abbott passed an order in early July requiring Texans to wear a face covering when in business or any other building open to the public where social distancing is not possible. Now, the governor is allowing bars to reopen at 50% capacity when approved by the county (a measure Collin County has taken) and restaurants already are permitted to operate at 75% capacity.
Education
McKinney ISD is taking a hybrid approach to the 2020-21 academic year, with parents able to elect whether their children will take classes in-person or utilize online learning.
The district’s graduation ceremonies took place at its stadium, with students driving up to the facility, then entering a staging area and walking across the stage set up on the field.
Recovery
Both the City of McKinney and Collin County have announced plans to help businesses recover from expenses they’ve taken on during the coronavirus pandemic.
- McKinney launched the McKinney Strong grant program, loaning small businesses up to $1,500 if they meet certain requirements.
- Collin County has received funding from the federal government which it plans to allocate to recovery.