Collin, Denton counties report double-digit new coronavirus cases, additional deaths
Denton and Collin Counties both reported an additional coronavirus-related death on Friday.
Collin County reported 41 new COVID-19 cases and one death. Denton County reported 21 new cases and one new death.
An 88-year-old McKinney man with underlying health conditions died Friday morning at the Grand Brook Memory Care facility in McKinney. He’s the second COVID-19-related death at the facility. There have also been 10 pandemic-related deaths at the Oxford Grand Assisted Living Center in McKinney.
“To his family, please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” Collin County Judge Chris Hill said in a release. “All of us at Collin County are saddened at the report of another COVID-19 death within our community.”
Collin County has confirmed 765 cases, including 509 patient recoveries and 22 deaths. Of the 234 active cases, 25 are hospitalized.
A female resident at the Denton Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in her 60s is the 22nd COVID-19-related death in Denton County. It’s the second consecutive day a resident of the facility has died from the coronavirus and at least the sixth since April 11. The county reported 21 new cases on Friday for a total of 786, including 389 patient recoveries.
“As we report the loss of a twenty-second life to COVID-19 in Denton County today, please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers,” Denton County Judge Andy Eads said in a release. “We know that each life lost to COVID-19 is one too many.”
