The number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Plano from Sept. 28-Oct. 5 was 649, according to the city's dashboard.
Of those cases, 407 were reported prior to June 1 by Collin County, according to the city's dashboard. This caused an abnormal spike in Plano's daily reported cases. Still, the city saw a nearly 50-case increase in the number of new cases from the week prior without the backlogged additions.
There have been roughly 3,847 total confirmed cases in Plano since reporting began in March. In Collin County, there were 1,840 new cases reported within the last week, more than double the 759 cases reported the week before.
Active cases in Collin County reached a high Sept. 28 of 1,052 since late August. That number steadily declined to 858 by Oct. 5, the county dashboard shows.In the same week, Collin County had 2,034 recoveries.
There have been 15,610 total confirmed cases in Collin County since mid-March.
Data shows the 20-29 age group in Collin County has had the highest number of total COVID-19 cases. That age group is followed by those ages 30-39 and ages 40-49, with the latter growing faster than those aged 30-39. The same is true in Plano, according to the city's dashboard. Plano ISD recently launched a COVID-19 dashboard that shows active and recovered cases and is updated each morning. As of Oct. 5, 33 students and 33 staff have recovered from the coronavirus. There are 31 active cases among students and 10 active cases in staff members. Total tests and confirmed cases are not available at this time.
The number of reported COVID-19 hospitalizations in Collin County is 99 as of Oct. 5. That number has fluctuated in Collin County over the last 10 days. Collin County has a hospital bed capacity of 2,702, according to the county.
Statewide, the number of patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently hospitalized was 3,318 as of Oct. 5. That compares with 3,201 patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Sept. 28, according to the state's dashboard. There were seven deaths in Collin County between Sept. 28 and Oct. 5. The total number of deaths since tracking began in March is 152 for Collin County.
In Texas, there were 25.92 confirmed cases per 1,000 people as of Oct. 5. The rate of confirmed cases takes population differences into account. Below are the rates for four North Texas counties, of which Collin County has seen the greatest increase over the past four days. Another key indicator being watched by experts is the state’s positivity rate, which is averaged over the previous seven days and calculates the ratio of positive new cases compared with the number of tests. Gov. Greg Abbott has previously said that a rate of 10% or more is cause for concern, and the rate for Texas hit a record high Aug. 11 at 24.5%. On Oct. 5, the rate was 7.3%. Here is a look at the rate since early April. The city of Plano's dashboard began reporting only direct numbers from the state department Sept. 8, and city-specific breakdowns for the number of deaths are currently not available on any of the local or state dashboards. ZIP code data for Collin County has been unavailable in recent weeks.
