Tarrant County reports 1,423 COVID cases, 20 deaths as hospitalizations hit new high
Tarrant County reported 20 more coronavirus deaths and 1,423 cases on Sunday.
The latest deaths include eight in Arlington, four in Fort Worth and three in Sansom Park. More details have yet to be released by the county.
Tarrant County has confirmed 119,630 COVID-19 cases, including 992 deaths and an estimated 87,142 recoveries.
The county has reported 121 pandemic-related deaths in the past eight days.
There are currently a pandemic-high 944 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the county.
COVID-19 hospitalizations are at a pandemic high 25% of the 3,806 occupied beds in Tarrant County as of Saturday. The previous high was 24% on Nov. 30.
Ventilator use dropped from a pandemic-high 336 on Thursday to 324 on Saturday. That’s 45% of the total ventilators available in the county.
As of Saturday, 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 1,015 available beds in the county. A pandemic low of 906 available beds was reported Dec. 2.
Confirmed COVID-19 patients are using a pandemic high 20% of all available hospital beds in the county as of Saturday.
Here are the total pandemic-related deaths in Tarrant County by city through Dec. 13:
- Fort Worth, 467
- Arlington, 186
- Mansfield, 40
- White Settlement, 32
- Grapevine, 26
- Keller, 23
Bedford, 22
- Azle, 21
Grand Prairie, 18
- Benbrook, 17
Haltom City, 16
Rural Tarrant County, 15
Hurst, 13
North Richland Hills, 13
Euless, 10
Forest Hill, 10
Southlake, 9
Sansom Park, 8
Lake Worth, 7
Watauga, 7
Richland Hills, 6
Crowley, 5
Kennedale, 5
Saginaw, 3
Unknown, 3
Edgecliff Village, 2
Westworth Village, 2
Blue Mound, 1
Burleson, 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 13, 2020 at 2:27 PM.
