Tarrant County COVID hospitalizations hit new high as cases pass 13,000; 2 more deaths
Tarrant County reported 473 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths on Thursday.
The latest deaths include an Arlington woman in her 80s and a Fort Worth woman in her 70s. Both had underlying health conditions.
Tarrant County has confirmed a total of 13,423 COVID-19 cases, including 233 deaths and at least 5,517 recoveries.
Of the total 233 pandemic-related deaths in the county, 130 have been in Fort Worth and 35 have been in Arlington. The third-hardest hit city in the county is Keller with 17 deaths.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are at an all-time high, taking up 9% of all available beds in the county. At the start of June it was about 3%. Of all of the patients hospitalized, according to the latest data available from the county, about 14% have confirmed cases of COVID-19. That, too, is an all-time high. That number was 5% at the start of June.
According to county data which tracks the day a COVID-19 case is reported, the county has reported at least 299 new cases each of the past nine days.
The county had reported more than 300 cases in a day just once — 481 on May 9 when an outbreak at Fort Worth’s Federal Medical Center prison was added — until reporting 304 on June 11.
The county reported a record 606 cases on Wednesday.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations over Time
Coronavirus daily hospitalization counts in Texas and the larger Trauma Service Areas, beginning April 8, 2020. Data provided by Texas Health and Human Services.
Estimated active cases over time
Coronavirus daily active case estimates by local counties in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex, beginning April 8, 2020. Data provided by Texas Health and Human Services.
This story was originally published July 2, 2020 at 4:17 PM.
