Tarrant County reports 2 more coronavirus deaths, including healthy younger resident
An elderly Tarrant County resident with underlying health problems and a younger resident with no known conditions have died from the coronavirus, health officials announced Saturday.
The two additional COVID-19 deaths bring the total across the county to nine.
The elderly individual was a resident of Southlake, and the younger person lived in Haltom City, Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja said in a news release. There were no signs the younger individual had any underlying health problems.
Both residents contracted the virus through community transmission, officials said.
“We express our deepest sympathy to the families,” Vaneja said. “Sadly, their deaths are a reminder for everyone that we are seeing more COVID-19 disease across our community.”
Tarrant County has updated its website to include more statistics about local coronavirus cases.
According to the website, 67 percent of the Tarrant County residents who died (six people) were age 65 or older, 22 percent (two people) were age 45 to 64, and 11 percent (one person) was age 25 to 44. Fifty-six percent (five of the deaths) were men, and 44 percent (four deaths) were women.
As of Saturday, there have been 404 confirmed coronavirus cases in the county, with 23 recoveries. Fort Worth has had 144 total cases, while Arlington has had 67.
Taneja said in the release that officials want residents to “continue to be mindful of basic preventive measures to protect themselves from COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses.” That includes staying home as much as possible, practicing social distancing and washing hands with soap and water often for at least 20 seconds.
This story was originally published April 4, 2020 at 1:17 PM with the headline "Tarrant County reports 2 more coronavirus deaths, including healthy younger resident."
