We created the vaccine hub to assist the most vulnerable in our community, and we have had a major impact jump-starting the vaccination process in Collin County, said Mayor George Fuller. We stood up the vaccination program until the private sector could stand up. Now it s time to let employees return to their normal duties, give our volunteers a much-deserved break, and let private health care providers like physicians, hospitals, and pharmacies take over the public vaccination efforts. We will continue to assist our community by providing thorough information and serve as a community resource to help folks find where they can get vaccines. The health and wellbeing of our community remain our highest concern as we continue to navigate this pandemic, Fuller said.
Updated on February 24, 2021 at 6:21 pm
The Texas Department of State Health Services reports six new COVID-19 deaths in Collin County Wednesday along with an additional 438 newly confirmed and probable cases of the virus.
Collin County Health Care Services reported 276 people hospitalized with COVID-19 Wednesday, a slight increase over Tuesday. The increase raised the percentage of COVID-19 patients in county hospitals to 10%.
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It is not known how many of those patients are in ICUs as Collin County Health Care Services only reports a single number of COVID-19 patients on their website.
Collin County Health Care Services, which in August expressed concern over the accuracy of data being provided by the state health department, discontinued publishing information about case counts, recoveries and deaths in November following a vote of the Collin County Commissioners Court and only publishes information regarding hospitalizations.
In a statement on their website, the county said, 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.
As of Feb. 23, CCHCS reported 265 out of 2,702 beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients in Collin County hospitals, which represents 9.8% of all hospitalized patients.
A panel discussion featuring two medical doctors and two philosophy professors from four different institutions covered topics such as vaccine distribution, people who are reluctant to get vaccinated and whether vaccines should be mandatory.