Backlog again adds to Tarrant County’s COVID cases, with eight deaths reported Sunday
Tarrant County reported 688 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths on Sunday. Most of the cases the county reported had previously gone unreported due to a system error from the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to county officials.
The county also reported eight new deaths. This puts the county’s total number of cases at 37,760 with 459 deaths, according to county data. There have been at least 28,120 recoveries.
The recent spike in cases the past two days is due an electronic lab report backlog from to the DSHS, according to county officials. Officials said 340 of the cases reported Sunday are new while the rest date back 30 or more days.
In neighboring Dallas County, the same has occurred. The county reported 5,361 additional cases of coronavirus on Sunday, but most cases date about 30 days ago.
The backlogs were due to coding errors that the DSHS is now starting to fix through a system upgrade.
The Tarrant County deaths reported Sunday include three women from Fort Worth, two in their 90s and one in her 80s; four men from Fort Worth, one in his 90s, two in their 80s and one in his 70s; and a man from North Richland Hills in his 60s. All had underlying health conditions.
Tarrant County hospital capacity
Hospital capacity by available beds and ventilators for Tarrant County. Data provided by Tarrant County Public Health.
