Updated 7:38 p.m. April 17
McKinney ISD announced that it will extend school closures through the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
The decision is in response to Gov. Greg Abbot’s April 17 executive order.
Remote learning will continue through May 28, the last day of the school year, the district’s announcement said.
The district is working on an alternate plan for graduation and will share those announcements in the near future, according to the district.
Additionally, Collin County health officials announced 16 net new cases of COVID-19. Five of those are in McKinney. The total number of positive cases in the city is 112, and the total number of positive cases in the county is 521.
To date, 12 patients with COVID-19 in the county have died.
Updated 5:20 p.m. April 16
A 93-year-old McKinney woman with COVID-19 and underlying health conditions has died, Collin County Health Services announced April 16.
"Our sincere thoughts and prayers are with this lady’s family and friends," Collin County Judge Chris Hill said in a news release. "We mourn together with them at the loss of their loved one."
This marks the 11th death reported to the county of people with COVID-19, health officials reported. The woman is the sixth McKinney resident with COVID-19 to have died.
County health officials are reporting 11 new positive cases April 16, with three of those in McKinney.
The county total is now 505 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among residents, with 284 of those individuals having recovered and 21 hospitalized. In McKinney, there are 105 total cases.
Updated 7:45 p.m. April 15
McKinney residents were four of the 25 additional confirmed positive coronavirus cases in Collin County on April 15.
Collin County health officials reported a total of 494 confirmed cases.
Updated 5:40 p.m. April 14
In its April 14 report, Collin County health officials reported eight new cases of the virus, bringing the county’s total number of cases to 190, not counting the number of cases with patients who have recovered or died.
There have been 10 confirmed deaths associated with coronavirus in Collin County.
In McKinney, there are 98 active cases and five reported deaths.
Updated at 5 p.m. April 13
Collin County health officials announced 19 additional confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in an April 13 release. Of those, three were Plano residents.
There have now been 472 total confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Collin County, and there are 203 current, or active, cases as of April 13, the release said. Of the 203 cases, 20 are hospitalized and 183 are in home isolation, the county reported.
Two deaths, in Wylie and McKinney, were reported to Collin County health officials April 13 as well.
At this time, there have been 10 confirmed deaths associated with COVID-19 in the county.
