Tarrant County reports 820 new coronavirus cases over 3 days, and 2 more deaths
On Monday, Tarrant County reported 820 new COVID-19 cases — which includes three days of data — and two new deaths.
The new cases are from positive test results reported by labs to the county on Friday through Sunday. The county didn’t publicly report new cases on Friday or Saturday because of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. On Sunday, the county reported test results from Thursday.
The total number of cases in the county rose to 14,828 and 238 deaths with Monday’s report, according to the Tarrant County COVID-19 statistics. There have been 6,187 recoveries reported.
The two new deaths were an Arlington woman in her 70s and a Fort Worth man in his 80s, according to a Tarrant County Public Health press release. Both had underlying health conditions.
Arlington and Fort Worth have been hit the hardest. Fort Worth has 131 deaths and Arlington has 37.
About 67% of the county’s total hospital beds are occupied as of Monday with 16% of those being COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 patients are using about 10% of all available beds in Tarrant County, a sharp increase from 3% on June 1.
Tarrant County hospital capacity
Hospital capacity by available beds and ventilators for Tarrant County. Data provided by Tarrant County Public Health.
This story was originally published July 6, 2020 at 2:12 PM.
