Tarrant County reports 422 new coronavirus cases, 5 deaths Sunday
Tarrant County reported five deaths and 422 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday, bringing the totals to 298 deaths and 21,617 confirmed cases since the pandemic began.
The county has not yet released any information on those who died Sunday from the virus.
At least 10,382 patients have recovered, though the county website tracking COVID-19 statistics says hospitals and patients are not required to report recoveries. Deaths and recoveries are counted in the total number of confirmed cases.
The highest number of confirmed cases have been in Fort Worth and Arlington, with 10,007 and 4,225, respectively. Fort Worth has reported 163 deaths while Arlington confirmed 48.
The next highest number of infections came from Mansfield with 498 total confirmed cases. Keller had the third highest number of coronavirus deaths at 17.
The county has 665 hospital beds occupied by confirmed coronavirus patients, a decrease of 29 since last Sunday, and 381 ventilators available, an increase of 167. The county reports 1,688 hospital beds currently unoccupied.
Confirmed cases are split between 50% men and 50% women in the county, and 81% of all confirmed COVID-19 patients have not been hospitalized. Of patients over the age of 65 with confirmed COVID-19 infections, 38% were hospitalized at some point.
Patients 65 or older make up 65% of reported COVID-19 deaths in the county.
Tarrant County classifies the level of infections through community spread as substantial.
This story was originally published July 19, 2020 at 2:26 PM.