Tarrant County reports 10 new deaths, 255 new confirmed coronavirus cases Sunday
Tarrant County reported 10 new deaths and 255 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing new totals to 515 deaths and 39,811 confirmed or probable infections since the start of the pandemic.
According to a news release from the county, the deceased include four men in their 80s, one from North Richland Hills, two from Arlington and one from White Settlement; a woman from Fort Worth in her 80s, two men in their 60s, one from Arlington and one from Fort Worth; a man from Arlington in his 50s; a woman from Fort Worth in her 50s; and a man from Fort Worth in his 20s.
The county reports 32,632 recoveries but notes that those numbers are not exact and recoveries are not a required statistic for hospitals or individuals to report. Deaths and recoveries are counted in the total number of confirmed cases, and 1,977 of the cases are considered probable rather than confirmed.
The highest number of confirmed cases have been in Fort Worth and Arlington, with 17,807 and 7,267, respectively. Fort Worth has reported 259 deaths while Arlington confirmed 80.
The next highest number of infections came from Euless with 946 total confirmed cases. White Settlement had the third highest number of coronavirus deaths at 23.
The county has 336 hospital beds occupied by confirmed coronavirus patients and 556 ventilators available.
Patients 65 or older make up 70% of reported COVID-19 deaths in the county.
Tarrant County classifies the level of infections through community spread as substantial.