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Old man winter is taking a bite out of the local COVID-19 testing facility in Sherman.
The Grayson County Office of Emergency Management announced Friday that the county sponsored site would be closed through Monday. On Monday, the information said, a decision will be made about whether or not the site would open on Tuesday.
Another round of inclement weather is forecast for the area for Wednesday.
When the weather isn t mucking things up, the free testing site (drive thru) continues to be available to anyone, with symptoms or not. Located in the rear parking lot of Midway Mall in Sherman, the site is available through a contract managed by the state of Texas.
Herald Democrat
Grayson County s COVID-19 related death total increased by five on Wednesday to 294. Reports from the GC Health Department and Office of Emergency Management also reported 39 newly confirmed cases of the illness in the county and an active case count of 286.
Because of the way the state releases information about COVID-19 deaths, the Herald Democrat can not say when those five people died or offer any other biographical or statistical information about them.
Grayson County, however, has been keeping and releasing statistics about who has had the virus in the county and about where those people live.
As it has been since the beginning of the pandemic, the highest number of active cases remained in Sherman and Denison on Wednesday with Sherman reporting 88 cases and Denison 87. Whitesboro reported 31 cases and Pottsboro had 15. Howe reported 13 cases and Bells had 12. Van Alstyne had ten cases and Gunter had eight. Collinsville and Whitewright each had six case