Tarrant County reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, 54 new cases
Tarrant County reported another three coronavirus deaths and 54 new cases Saturday.
There have been 1,229 cases across the county with 38 deaths and 188 recoveries, according to the county public health department.
The three latest deaths were all women over 60, officials said in a news release. That includes a woman in her 60s who lived in Fort Worth, a woman in her 70s from Mansfield and a woman in her 70s from Keller.
Two of the women had underlying health conditions.
Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja said in the release “every loss of life is painful to report.”
“Our condolences go out to the families of these residents,” he said.
Although only 18 percent of Tarrant County cases have involved residents 65 or older, more than 60 percent of those who have died have been in this age group, according to data from the health department. People ages 45-64 have made up 32 percent of deaths and those in the 25-44 age range account for 8 percent of the deaths.
There have been no deaths in people age 24 and under, according to the data.
More than 50 percent of those infected with the coronavirus in Tarrant County have been men and more than 65 percent of the deaths have involved men, the data shows.
There were 111 confirmed COVID-19-occupied beds in Tarrant County as of Saturday, according to the county public health department.
This story was originally published April 18, 2020 at 1:54 PM.
