Tarrant County Public Health Reports 81 COVID-19 Deaths

Feb. 5, 2021 (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 81 COVID-19 deaths. There were four deaths in December and 76 from January and one from February.

TCPH receives notifications of people with COVID-19 from clinics, hospitals, long term care facilities, laboratories, schools, the medical examiner, the state health and other local health departments. TCPH also receives reports of deaths of people who have COVID-19 from the same sources. However, a death may occur in a different place and weeks after original diagnosis. When this occurs the death may not get reported to the local health department. To address this problem, The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has begun sharing with local health departments the death certificate information where the cause or other conditions listed indicate COVID-19. TCPH is now using that data to find additional deaths of Tarrant County residents. Each week, data received from DSHS is compiled and reconciled against previously known deaths and where the person lived. This data is reported each Friday. As a result, the number of deaths reported out are expected to be greater on Friday.

The deceased were from:

Arlington: 13

• Three men in their 70s
• Three women in their 70s
• Four men in their 60s
• Three women in their 50s
  

Azle: one

• One woman in her 70s
  

Bedford: one

• One woman in her 80s
  

Colleyville: one

• One man in his 70s
  

Crowley: two

• One man in his 70s
• One man in his 50s
  

Fort Worth: 34

• Two women who exceeded 90
• One man who exceeded 90
• Three men in their 80s
• Two women in their 80s
• Two women in their 70s
• Four men in their 70s
• Seven men in their 60s
• Seven women in their 60s
• Two men in their 50s
• Three men in their 40s
• One woman in her 40s
  

Grand Prairie: one

• One man in his 60s

Haltom City: three

• One man who exceeded 90
• One woman who exceeded 90
• One woman in her 80s
  

Hurst: one

• One woman in her 80s
  

Lake Worth: two

• One man who exceeded 90
• One man in his 60s
  

Mansfield: one

• One man in his 70s

North Richland Hills:  three

• One man who exceeded 90
• One woman in her 80s
• One man in his 60s
  

Richland Hills: three

• One woman who exceeded 90
• One woman in her 70s
• One man in his 70s
  

Saginaw: three

• One man in his 80s
• One man in his 70s
• One woman in her 60s
  

Sansom Park: one

• One woman in her 70s
  

Unincorporated: five

• One man who exceeded 90
• Three men in their 80s
• One woman in her 80s
  

Watauga: four

• One woman in her 90s
• Two men in their 70s
• One man in his 50s
  

White Settlement: two

• One woman in her 80s
• One woman in her 70s

All had underlying health conditions. Tarrant County now has 2,387 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 183,031 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, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday.

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