Tarrant County reported a single-day high 22 coronavirus deaths and 228 cases on Saturday.

Seven of Saturday’s deaths were unreported from July. The county’s previous high for COVID deaths reported in one day was 18 on July 31. The county has reported 54 coronavirus deaths this week (Aug. 16-22). There were 30 deaths reported the previous week and 30 the first week of August.

Some coronavirus cases and deaths have been added to daily totals the past week after a glitch was discovered in the state’s data reporting system that resulted in unreported cases and deaths from earlier in the pandemic.

New cases have been dropping. Saturday’s total is the lowest since Aug. 11 and third-lowest in August.

Tarrant County has confirmed 39,556 COVID-19 cases, including 505 deaths and at least 32,488 recoveries.

Of the 22 people whose deaths reported Saturday, 18 were older than 65. All 22 had underlying health conditions, according to officials. Eight were from Fort Worth, four from Arlington, three from Mansfield, two from Benbrook, and one each from Bedford, Forest Hill, Grapevine, Haltom City, and White Settlement.

The pandemic-related deaths reported Saturday include:

• Arlington man in his 50s.
• Arlington woman in her 60s
• Fort Worth man in his 60s
• Benbrook woman in her 60s
• Bedford woman in her 70s
• Fort Worth woman in her 70s
• Arlington woman in her 70s
• Two Fort Worth women in their 80s
• Benbrook man in his 80s
• Fort Worth man in his 80s
  
  
• Forest Hill man in his 80s
• Mansfield man in his 80s
• Haltom City man in his 80s
• Mansfield woman in her 90s
• Arlington woman in her 90s
• Grapevine woman in her 90s
• Two Fort Worth women in their 90s
• Mansfield man in his 90s
• White Settlement woman in her 90s
• Fort Worth man over 100

Pandemic-related deaths in Tarrant County by city through Aug. 22:

• Fort Worth, 255
• Arlington, 76

• White Settlement, 22

• Keller, 18

• Mansfield, 18

• Grapevine, 17

• Benbrook, 12

• Grand Prairie, 12

• Bedford, 9
  
  

• Azle, 7

• Haltom City, 7

• Hurst, 6
  
  

• Rural Tarrant County, 6

• Forest Hill, 5

• Lake Worth, 5

• North Richland Hills, 4

• Southlake, 3

• Euless 2

• Kennedale, 2

• Richland Hills, 2

• Saginaw, 2

• Sansom Park, 2

• Watauga, 2

• Unknown, 2

• Blue Mound, 1
• Crowley, 1
• Edgecliff Village, 1
• Lakeside, 1
• Pantego, 1
• River Oaks, 1

Tarrant County hospital capacity

Hospital capacity by available beds and ventilators for Tarrant County. Data provided by Tarrant County Public Health.

Steve Wilson swilson@star-telegram.com

Stefan Stevenson

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Stefan Stevenson was a sports writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 1997 to 2022. He covered TCU athletics, the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Cowboys.