Tarrant County adds 265 previously unreported COVID-19 deaths, dating back to April
Tarrant County added 265 COVID-related deaths on Monday, covering previously unreported deaths as far back as April.
The delay is related to the Texas Department of State Health Services altering its methodology of reporting COVID-19 deaths in late July. DSHS switched to requiring them to be based on the cause of death listed on the death certificate.
At the time, however, Tarrant County did not have access to death certificate information, according to a county release. So COVID death reporting in Tarrant County “continued to be based upon death notification provided by healthcare providers,” the county said. The reporting change by DSHS requires jurisdictional and COVID disease status verification.
Tarrant County started receiving vital records data from DSHS in November and “initiated the process of reconciling it against both reported deaths and reported COVID-19 cases.”
The county reviewed almost 1,000 records and determined 265 COVID-related deaths had not been previously reported directly to Tarrant County between April and November.
The addition of these previously unreported COVID-19 deaths has required Tarrant County to update the pandemic data it reports daily on the public dashboard. The 265 newly added deaths will be included and reflected by their date of death.
Of the 265 newly reported deaths, 25 did not have underlying health conditions. Tarrant County now has confirmed 1,362 COVID-19 deaths.
Here are the details on the 265 previously unreported COVID-19 deaths in Tarrant County:
Arlington: 44
Four women in their 90s
Six women in their 80s
Eight women in their 70s
One woman in her 60s
One woman in her 50s
Two men in their 90s
Six men in their 80s
Seven men in their 70s
Five men in their 60s
One man in his 50s
Two men in their 40s
One man in his 30s
Azle: 7
Two women in their 90s
Two women in their 80s
One man in his 80s
Two men in their 70s
Bedford: 11
One woman in her 90s
Three women in their 80s
Three men in their 80s
One woman in her 70s
Two women in their 60s
One woman in her 30s
Benbrook: 6
One woman in her 80s
Two men in their 80s
One woman in her 70s
Two men in their 60s
Blue Mound: 1
One man in his 60s
Colleyville: 3
One man in his 80s
One woman in her 80s
One man in his 70s
Crowley: 3
Two men in their 70s
One man in his 50s
Euless: 12
One woman who exceeded 100
One man in his 90s
One woman in their 80s
Two men in their 80s
Two men in their 70s
One woman in her 60s
Two men in their 60s
One woman in her 50s
One man in his 30s
Everman: 1
One woman in her 60s
Flower Mound: 1
One woman in her 80s
Forrest Hill: 2
One woman in her 60s
One man in his 40s
Fort Worth: 97
Six women in their 90s
Four men in their 90s
Seven men in their 80s
Ten women in their 80s
Nine women in their 70s
16 men in their 70s
12 men in their 60s
Nine women in their 60s
Seven women in their 50s
Three men in their 50s
Six women in their 40s
Four men in their 40s
One woman in her 30s
Two men in their 30s
One man in his 20s
Grand Prairie: 1
One woman in her 60s
Grapevine: 8
One woman in her 80s
One man in her 80s
One woman in her 70s
Two men in their 70s
One man in his 60s
One man in his 50s
One woman in her 50s
Haltom City: 2
One man in his 80s
One man in his 70s
Hurst: 6
Two women in their 80s
One man in his 70s
Three women in their 60s
Keller: 13
Six women in their 80s
Four men in their 80s
One woman in her 70s
One man in his 70s
One man in his 60s
Lake Worth: 2
One woman in her 40s
One woman in her 80s
Mansfield: 11
One woman in her 90s
One woman in her 80s
One man in his 80s
Two women in their 70s
Four men in their 70s
One man in his 60s
One man in his 50s
North Richland Hills: 9
One woman in her 90s
Three men in their 90s
Two women in their 70s
One man in his 70s
One man in his 60s
One man in his 50s
Pantego: 1
One man in his 70s
Richland Hills: 5
One man in his 80s
Two women in their 70s
One man in his 50s
One man in his 40s
Saginaw: 5
One woman in her 80s
Two men in their 80s
Two men in their 50s
Sansom Park: 3
One woman in her 70s
One woman in her 60s
One woman in her 40s
Southlake: 1
One man in his 90s
Unincorporated Tarrant County: 2
One man in his 80s
One woman in her 60s
Unknown: 2
One man in his 80s
One man in his 50s
Watauga: 3
One woman in her 90s
One man in his 70s
One woman in her 30s
White Settlement: 3
One man in his 80s
One man in his 50s
One woman in her 40s
This story was originally published December 21, 2020 at 3:53 PM.
