Tarrant County reports one coronavirus death, 26 cases Sunday of Memorial Day weekend
Tarrant County reported 26 new cases and one coronavirus death on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.
The woman who died from COVID-19 was from Fort Worth, in her 80s and had underlying heath conditions, the Tarrant County Public Health Department said.
Tarrant County has 144 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 and 4,977 total cases — 1,834 have recovered.
The additional cases come as Gov. Greg Abbott announced more business reopenings last week. Bars were able to reopen Friday at limited capacity, and lines of people waited outside West 7th establishments Friday night.
This story was originally published May 24, 2020 at 3:00 PM.
Kaley Johnson
Fort Worth Star-Telegram