Tarrant County reports 8 more COVID deaths, including two Fort Worth men in their 40s
Tarrant County reported 672 new coronavirus cases and eight more deaths on Thursday.
The latest COVID-19 deaths include six Fort Worth residents, one White Settlement man in his 80s and an Arlington woman in her 90s. All eight had underlying health conditions.
The Fort Worth deaths included two men in their 40s, a man and a woman in their 70s, and two men in their 80s.
Tarrant County has confirmed 27,823 COVID-19 cases, including 363 deaths and at least 13,648 recoveries.
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the county have leveled off slightly from a pandemic-high recorded on July 23 when 20% of occupied beds included coronavirus patients and 15% of all hospital beds were used by coronavirus patients. As of Wednesday, those rates had dropped to 17% and 12%.
Of the total pandemic-related deaths, there have been 193 in Fort Worth, 60 in Arlington, 17 in Keller, 14 in Grapevine, 12 each in Mansfield and White Settlement, eight each Benbrook and Grand Prairie, five in rural Tarrant County, four each in Bedford and Hurst, three each in Azle, Haltom City and Lake Worth, two each in Euless, Forest Hill, North Richland Hills, Saginaw and Watauga, and one each in Crowley, Kennedale, Lakeside, Pantego, River Oaks, Sansom Park, and Southlake.
Tarrant County hospital capacity
Hospital capacity by available beds and ventilators for Tarrant County. Data provided by Tarrant County Public Health.
