Tarrant County Public Health Reports 38 COVID-19 Deaths

Jan. 22, 2021 (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 38 COVID-19 deaths. There were 12 deaths in December and 26 from January.

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: Seven

• One man in his 80s
• Three men in their 70s
• One woman in her 70s
• One man in his 60s
• One woman in her 60s
  

Azle: One

• One woman in her 80s
  

Bedford: One

• One woman in her 80s
  

Benbrook: Two

• Two men in their 60s
  

Blue Mound: One

• One man in his 70s
  

Crowley: One

• One man in his 80s
  

Edgecliff Village: One

• One man in his 60s
  

Euless: One

• One man in his 80s
  

Forest Hill: One

• One woman in her 80s
  

Fort Worth: 11

• Three men in their 80s
• One woman in her 80s
• Three women in their 70s
• Four men in their 60s

Hurst: Two

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

Mansfield: Two

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

North Richland Hills: Four

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

River Oaks: One

• One man in his 50s
  

Watauga: One

• One man in his 40s
  

White Settlement: One

• One man in his 80s

All but 4 had underlying health conditions. Tarrant County now has 1,991 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 148,341 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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