6-year-old Fort Worth boy among 36 COVID-19 deaths Tuesday in Tarrant County
Update: The Fort Worth child who died from COVID-related complications reported Tuesday was 6. Also, he’s the fourth child to die from the coronavirus in the county. This story has been updated to reflect this information.
Tarrant County reported 36 coronavirus deaths Tuesday, including a 6-year-old Fort Worth boy.
He’s the fourth child under to die from COVID-19-related complications in the county. A 9-year-old boy from Vernon and a boy less than 1 year old died in consecutive days two weeks ago at Cook Children’s Medical Center. The fourth child was 17 and died in December at Cook Children’s.
Tarrant County also reported 893 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday.
The pandemic-related deaths also include a Fort Worth man and woman in their 50s, an Arlington woman in her 50s, a Mansfield man and woman in her 50s, a River Oaks woman in her 50s, an Arlington man in his 60s, four Fort Worth women and three men in their 60s, a Kennedale man in his 60s, a North Richland hills man in his 60s, two Arlington women in their 70s, two Euless men in their 70s, two Fort Worth women and a man in their 70s, a Haltom City man in his 70s, a Lake Worth woman in her 70s, a Mansfield woman in her 70s, two Arlington men and a woman in their 80s, a Fort Worth man and woman in their 80s, an Azle man in his 80s, a Hurst woman in her 80s, an Arlington woman older than 90s, and a Fort Worth man older than 90.
Two of the 36 did not have underlying health conditions, according to officials.
Tarrant County has reported a total of 230,981 COVID-19 cases, including 2,509 deaths and an estimated 190,865 recoveries.
Hospitalized COVID patients decreased by 12 to 891. That’s the fewest since 881 on Dec. 10. The pandemic high was 1,528 on Jan. 6.
COVID-19 hospitalizations account for 18% of the total number of beds in Tarrant County and make up 23% of the 3,546 occupied beds. The 18% of total beds is the lowest since Dec. 14. The rate was at a pandemic-high 38% on Jan. 10.
Confirmed COVID patients increased for the first time since Feb. 1 to 16.88% of all available beds in the North Central Texas Trauma Region. Gov. Greg Abbott is using this rate to determine whether Texas regions can allow businesses to open to larger capacities or permit bars to reopen. The rate needs to drop below 15% for seven consecutive days for business capacity to be increased.
About 79% of Tarrant County’s hospital beds are occupied, according to county data. There are currently 1,030 available hospital beds, an increase of 34. The pandemic low of 661 was reported Jan. 4.
Adult ICU bed occupancy increased to 94% as of Monday. The pandemic high was 99% on Dec. 28.
Ventilator use increased by five to 325. Patients are using 40% of the 808 ventilators in the county.
The COVID-19 testing positivity rate for Tarrant County remained at 16% as of Saturday in the latest available seven-day average data. It’s the lowest rate since Dec. 13. The rate was last at a pandemic-high 30% on Jan. 7.
Here are the total pandemic-related deaths in Tarrant County by city through Feb. 9:
- Fort Worth, 1,048
- Arlington, 490
- Mansfield, 99
- North Richland Hills, 91
- Bedford, 77
White Settlement, 59
- Hurst, 58
- Keller, 55
- Euless, 50
- Grapevine, 49
Benbrook, 42
Rural Tarrant County, 40
Azle, 39
- Haltom City, 39
- Watauga, 31
Grand Prairie, 27
Crowley, 26
Richland Hills, 26
Saginaw, 26
Sansom Park, 23
Forest Hill, 22
Southlake, 18
Lake Worth, 17
Colleyville, 9
Kennedale, 8
River Oaks, 6
Unknown, 6
Westworth Village, 6
Blue Mound, 5
Pantego, 5
Edgecliff Village, 3
Lakeside, 3
Burleson, 2
Everman, 2
Flower Mound, 1
Pelican Bay, 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 February 9, 2021 at 5:30 PM.
