Coronavirus

Tarrant County confirms 16 new coronavirus cases, reports 83 pending cases

Tarrant County confirmed 16 new coronavirus cases Monday for a total of 155, plus 83 additional provisional cases.

Eight patients have recovered and one patient died two weeks ago in Arlington.

The confirmed cases are across 21 cities, including 55 (52 currently) in Fort Worth, 26 (24 currently) in Arlington, and 10 in Mansfield.

Nearly 50% of the patients contracted the coronavirus through community spread, including 41% (63 cases) from an unknown source. Travel was blamed for the contraction in 73 patients (47%). The transmission in seven cases is undetermined.

DFW area Coronavirus cases

Tap the map to see cases in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Pan the map to see cases elsewhere in the US. The data for the map is maintained by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University and automated by the Esri Living Atlas team. Data sources are WHO, US CDC, China NHC, ECDC, and DXY. The data also includes local reports.

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Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com

This story was originally published March 30, 2020 at 4:50 PM.

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