Collin County’s top elected official says he still has no confidence in the accuracy of Chinese coronavirus data being used to set public policy in Texas after a “fix” by state health officials failed to clarify active case numbers. “And the nonsense continues for...
Texas health officials have acknowledged reporting “significantly overstated” active COVID-19 case counts, after Collin County commissioners said earlier this week they had “zero confidence” in the Chinese coronavirus data reported by the state. Now the county is...
Collin County’s top elected official says he has “zero confidence” in the “inaccurate and unreliable” Chinese coronavirus data reported by the state, and he’s making sure his constituents know about it. County Judge Chris Hill said during Monday’s commissioners...
Texas public health officials acknowledged yesterday they have been over-reporting Chinese coronavirus cases for at least one county, due to local officials including thousands of “probable” cases in their reports to the state. The Texas Department of State Health...
UPDATED July 15 to include new information about case reporting in Bexar County. Is Texas inflating its count of Chinese coronavirus cases by combining unconfirmed “probable” cases with “confirmed” positive cases? According to state and local officials, the answer is...
North Texas hospital officials advised local residents on Wednesday not to panic about the recent rise in Chinese coronavirus cases, as the area’s hospital system has plenty of capacity to handle a surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. The full...
Citing the needless cost of maintaining a duplicate system, Collin County Commissioners Court decided Friday to transfer all local coronavirus contact tracing to the state, becoming the first large county in Texas to relinquish the public health function....
Texas Scorecard has obtained a copy of the $295 million, 27-month agreement recently signed by Texas Department of State Health Services and New York-based tech company MTX Group for contact tracing. Contact tracing refers to a process where researchers attempt to...
UPDATED May 27. North Texas officials are warning changes in how the state defines and reports cases of the Chinese coronavirus could “significantly and artificially” spike local case totals, creating false alarm as Texas begins to reopen for business. Collin County...
