Tarrant County Public Health Reports 25 COVID-19 Deaths

Tarrant County Public Health Reports 25 COVID-19 Deaths

Dec. 12, 2020 (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health today reports 25 COVID-19 deaths, 20 of which are more than 30 days old. The deceased included a woman from Keller who had exceeded 100, a man from Fort Worth who had exceeded 100, a man from Hurst in his 90s, a woman from Watauga in her 90s, a man from Fort Worth in his 90s, a man and woman from Fort Worth in their 80s, a man from Mansfield in his 70s, two men and a woman from Fort Worth in their 70s, a woman from Grapevine in her 70s, a woman from Westworth Village in her 70s, a woman from Mansfield in her 60s, a man from Bedford in his 60s, a man from Fort Worth in his 60s, two men from Grand Prairie in their 60s, a man from Fort Worth in his 50s, a man from Euless in his 40s, a woman from Mansfield in her 40s, a man and woman from Fort Worth in their 40s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 30s and a woman from Arlington in her 20s. All but two had underlying health conditions.
 
Tarrant County now has 972 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 85,710 people have recovered.

COVID-19 causes respiratory illness with cough, fever and shortness of breath and may lead to bronchitis and severe pneumonia. For more information, go to coronavirus.tarrantcounty.com [outdated link] or call the Tarrant County Public Health information line, 817-248-6299, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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