Tarrant County Public Health Reports 13 COVID-19 Deaths

Dec. 16, 2020 (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health today reports 13 COVID-19 deaths. The deceased included a woman from Fort Worth in her 90s, a woman from Benbrook in her 90s, a man from Bedford in his 70s, two men from Fort Worth in their 70s, a man from Euless in his 70s, a man from Sansom Park in his 70s, two men from Arlington in their 70s, a woman from Hurst in her 70s, two women from Fort Worth in their 60s and a man from Grand Prairie in his 50s.  All had underlying health conditions.
 
Tarrant County now has 1,039 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 90,399 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 or call the Tarrant County Public Health information line, 817-248-6299, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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