Tarrant County reports 256 new coronavirus cases, no additional deaths
Tarrant County reported 256 additional cases of coronavirus on Monday and no additional COVID-19-related deaths.
Monday’s report brings the county’s total numbers to 38,016 cases and 459 deaths. Out of the total cases, 29,362 people have reportedly recovered.
On Saturday, Tarrant County reported an additional 1,487 coronavirus cases due to an electronic lab report backlog from the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to county officials. Tarrant County officials said 336 of Saturday’s reported cases were new. The others date back to 30 or more days ago, mostly include tests from private labs and had not been previously reported.
On Sunday, the county reported reported 688 additional COVID-19 cases, with 340 being new and the rest previously unreported cases from the backlog.
As of Sunday, 381 hospital beds in Tarrant County were occupied by confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to county data, which is about 8 percent of the county’s beds.
