Tarrant County COVID hospitalization rate keeps dropping; new cases lowest in 9 days
Tarrant County reported 231 new coronavirus cases and no deaths on Thursday.
It’s the fewest cases reported since Aug. 11 and the third time since Aug. 10 no COVID-19 deaths were reported.
The county has reported a total of 39,053 coronavirus cases, including 478 deaths and an estimated 32,129 recoveries.
The case total includes 1,843 probable cases, according to the county’s website.
The hospitalization rate in Tarrant County has dropped to its lowest since June 25. Confirmed COVID patients are using 7% of all hospital beds in the county and 9% of all occupied hospital beds in the county. Those rates were 6% and 8% on June 25. Since hitting a pandemic high on July 23 of 15% and 20%, the hospitalization rate has consistently dropped.
Pandemic-related deaths in Tarrant County by city through Aug. 20:
- Fort Worth, 244
- Arlington, 72
- Keller, 18
Mansfield, 18
White Settlement, 21
Grapevine, 16
Grand Prairie, 12
- Benbrook, 9
Azle, 7
- Bedford, 7
Hurst, 6
Rural Tarrant County, 6
Haltom City, 6
- Lake Worth, 5
Forest Hill, 4
- Euless 2
Kennedale, 2
North Richland Hills, 4
- Saginaw, 2
Sansom Park, 2
Southlake, 3
- Watauga, 2
- Blue Mound, 1
- Crowley, 1
- Edgecliff Village, 1
- Lakeside, 1
- Pantego, 1
- Richland Hills, 2
- River Oaks, 1
- Unknown, 2
Tarrant County hospital capacity
Hospital capacity by available beds and ventilators for Tarrant County. Data provided by Tarrant County Public Health.
This story was originally published August 20, 2020 at 2:19 PM.
