Tarrant County reports no COVID-19 deaths for second consecutive day
For the second day in a row, Tarrant County reported no new coronavirus related deaths on Tuesday.
About 540 new COVID-19 cases are expected, officials said. This would bring the total number of cases to more than 19,000, with 272 deaths.
County health director Vinny Taneja asked the Commissioners Court for 270 temporary contract staff to help with COVID-19 efforts. The county is seeing 3,000 to 4,000 new cases per week.
Monday’s county data showed that COVID-19 patients were using about 17% of all occupied hospital beds in the count. About 69% of all hospital beds in the county are occupied. About 37% of the county’s ventilators are in use.
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 14, 2020 at 12:39 PM.
