Is Tarrant County flattening coronavirus curve? After worst week, new cases fall to 72.
Tarrant County finally saw a decrease in new coronavirus cases reported on Monday, after almost a week of daily case counts of more than 100.
The county reported 72 new COVID-19 cases and no deaths Monday, for a total of 2,019 cases, including 289 recoveries and 53 deaths.
There were a combined total of nearly 800 new cases confirmed last week, a weekly high for the county in which new cases spiked at 150 on Thursday.
Cases are reported when Tarrant County Public Health receives the test results, but officials cautioned early last week that some results had been delayed, resulting in a backlog.
Despite the deluge of new cases last week, the curve could be flattening, according to data tracked by the county which shows the specimen collection date. As of Monday, these numbers appear to be about 100 cases behind the case counts being reported daily. The rate at which cases are doubling is slowing down, according to the county’s collection date data.
The number of confirmed cases is currently doubling approximately every 17 days, according to the data.
As of Monday, 53% of hospital beds in the county were occupied. More than 3,000 beds were occupied, and 175 of those are confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to the county’s statistics.
This story was originally published April 27, 2020 at 1:55 PM.
