Tarrant County nears 400 COVID deaths with five more Tuesday, passes 30,000 cases
Tarrant County reported five coronavirus deaths and 805 new cases on Tuesday.
The latest COVID-19 cases include a Mansfield man in his 30s, a Lake Worth man and a Fort Worth woman in their 50s, and a woman in her 60s and man in his 70s from Grand Prairie. All five had underlying health conditions, according to officials.
The 805 new cases are the most since 823 were reported on July 14, according to the county data which tracks cases by the date they were confirmed. Tuesday’s case total could fluctuate as data is revised in the following days.
Tarrant County has confirmed 30,162 cases, including 396 pandemic-related deaths, and an estimated 17,689 recoveries.
Of the total pandemic-related deaths in the county, there have been 208 in Fort Worth, 14 in Mansfield, 11 in Grand Prairie, and five in Lake Worth.
This story was originally published August 4, 2020 at 5:15 PM.