Tarrant County reports 25 more COVID-19 deaths to total 101 deaths reported this week
Tarrant County reported 25 more coronavirus deaths and 1,276 new cases on Saturday.
The county reports, however, that 20 of the 25 deaths occurred 30 or more days ago.
The previous single-day high in reported deaths was 22 on Aug. 22. The county has added 101 COVID-19 deaths to its total in the past week, including 45 deaths in the past two days.
Tarrant County has reported a total of 118,207 COVID-19 cases, including 972 deaths and an estimated 85,710 recoveries.
The latest deaths include 12 Fort Worth residents, three Mansfield residents and two Grand Prairie residents. Of the 25 reported Saturday, 23 had underlying health conditions, according to officials.
The deaths include an Arlington woman in her 20s, a Fort Worth woman in her 30s, a Fort Worth man and woman in their 40s, a Mansfield woman in her 40s, a Euless man in his 40s, a Fort Worth man in his 50s, two Grand Prairie men in their 60s, a Fort Worth man in his 60s, a Bedford man in his 60s, a Mansfield woman in her 60s, a Westworth Village woman in her 70s, a Grapevine woman in her 70s, two Fort Worth men and a woman in their 70s, a Mansfield man in his 70s, a Fort Worth man and woman in their 80s, a Fort Worth man in his 90s, a Watauga woman in her 90s, a Hurst man in his 90s, a Fort Worth man over 100, and a Keller woman over 100.
There are currently a pandemic-high 935 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the county.
Ventilator use dropped from a pandemic-high 336 on Thursday to 321 on Friday. That’s 44% of the total ventilators available in the county.
COVID-19 hospitalizations were at 23% of the 4,152 occupied beds in Tarrant County as of Friday. The rate was at a pandemic-high 24% on Nov. 30.
As of Friday, 79% of the county’s hospital beds were in use, according to county data. The pandemic high of 82% was set on Dec. 2. There are currently 1,078 available beds in the county. A pandemic low of 906 available beds was reported Dec. 2.
Confirmed COVID-19 patients are using 18% of all available hospital beds in the county as of Friday, a pandemic high first hit on Nov. 30.
Here are the total pandemic-related deaths in Tarrant County by city through Dec. 12:
- Fort Worth, 463
- Arlington, 178
- Mansfield, 40
- White Settlement, 31
- Grapevine, 26
- Keller, 23
Bedford, 22
- Azle, 21
- Benbrook, 17
Grand Prairie, 17
Haltom City, 16
Rural Tarrant County, 14
Hurst, 13
North Richland Hills, 13
Euless, 10
Forest Hill, 10
Southlake, 9
Lake Worth, 7
Watauga, 7
Richland Hills, 6
Crowley, 5
Kennedale, 5
Sansom Park, 5
Saginaw, 3
Unknown, 2
Westworth Village, 2
Blue Mound, 1
Burleson, 1
- Edgecliff Village, 1
- Everman, 1
- Lakeside, 1
- Pantego, 1
- River Oaks, 1
Texas COVID-19 cases over time
Texas daily coronavirus case counts over time, and the ten counties with the most cases. Tap the arrow button to replay the animation.
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 December 12, 2020 at 2:14 PM.
