Tarrant County reports four deaths, 353 new COVID-19 infections Sunday
Tarrant County reported four new deaths and 353 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, bringing totals to 348 deaths and 25,499 confirmed infections since the pandemic began.
A woman older than 100 in Grand Prairie, a man in his 70s from Fort Worth, a woman in her 60s from Fort Worth and a man in his 60s from Arlington died of the virus, the county reported Sunday. All of them had underlying health conditions.
The county reported 12,549 recoveries, 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 the two largest cities, Fort Worth and Arlington, with 11,643 and 4,925, respectively. Fort Worth has reported 187 deaths while Arlington confirmed 56.
The next highest number of infections came from Mansfield, with 566 total confirmed cases. Keller had the third highest number of coronavirus deaths at 17 with no change over the last week.
The county has 622 hospital beds occupied by confirmed coronavirus patients, a decrease of 43 since last Sunday. The county reports 1,498 beds available as of Sunday.
Because of changes to the way counties report statistics to the Department of State Health Services, the number of ventilators available and occupied was unavailable Sunday.
Fort Worth announced Sunday that it would be expanding free saliva-based COVID-19 testing.