Tarrant County reports 266 new coronavirus cases, mostly at prison, and 5 more deaths
Tarrant County reported five more coronavirus deaths and 266 new confirmed cases, including 153 at a federal prison, on Wednesday.
The latest deaths include three Fort Worth men in their 50s, 70s and 80s, a Keller woman in her 80s, and an Arlington man in his 50s. All five had underlying health conditions, according to health officials.
The 266 new COVID-19 cases are the second-most reported by the county during the pandemic. The county reported 485 new cases, including 423 at the Federal Medical Center Fort Worth prison for men on Sunday. A sixth inmate from the prison died from the coronavirus on Tuesday.
The county has confirmed a total of 4,076 COVID-19 cases, including 114 deaths and 821 recoveries.
As of Wednesday, the outbreak at the federal prison includes 622 active cases of inmates who have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the Bureau of Prisons website. Tarrant County officials have said the prison has been slow to report cases to them, so the 153 cases reported Wednesday by the county appear to have been previously reported on the Bureau of Prisons site.
There have been 68 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Fort Worth, 12 in Arlington and six in Keller.
As of Wednesday, 205 of the county’s hospital beds were occupied by confirmed COVID-19 patients.
This story was originally published May 13, 2020 at 3:40 PM.
