Fifth Collin County case: Frisco woman tests ‘presumptive positive’ for coronavirus
The fifth person presumed to have a case of COVID-19 coronavirus in Collin County is a 40-year-old Frisco woman, public health authorities said Friday.
The woman who tested “presumptive positive” for the virus has no underlying medical conditions and is self-isolating in her home.
The coronavirus patient has not traveled outside Texas recently. Authorities had not determined Friday whether her case is connected to others in the area.
There were 63 people under monitoring in Collin County on Friday, officials said.
An emergency declaration has not been issued in Collin County, as it has in Tarrant and Dallas counties.
The first “presumptive positive” case of coronavirus in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area was also in Collin County. The case, announced on Monday, involved a Frisco man in his 30s who recently traveled to California. His wife and their 3-year-old child also later tested positive.
A presumptive positive case means a test done at the state or local level had positive results, which are awaiting confirmation by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab.
This story was originally published March 13, 2020 at 5:13 PM.
