Tarrant County Public Health Reports 127 COVID-19 Deaths

Jan. 8, 2021 (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 127 COVID-19 deaths. There were 71 deaths in December, 39 in November, and 17 in October.

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: 11

• One woman in her 90s
• Two men in their 80s
• Three men in their 70s
• One woman in her 70s
• Two men in their 60s
• Two men in their 50s
  

Bedford: Two

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

Benbrook: One

• One man in his 90s
  

Colleyville: One

• One man in his 40s

Crowley: One

• One man in his 60s
  

Fort Worth: 81

• Six women in their 90s
• Two men in their 90s
• 13 women in their 80s
• Nine men in their 80s
• 10 women in their 70s
• 10 men in their 70s
• Six women in their 60s
• 11 men in their 60s
• Nine men in their 50s
• One woman in her 50s
• Two men in their 40s
• One woman in her 40s
• One woman in her 30s

Grapevine: Three

• Three men in their 70s
  

Haltom City: One

• One man in his 80s
  

Hurst: One

• One man in his 60s
  

Keller: Five

• Two women in their 80s
• Two men in their 70s
• One man in his 60s
  

Lake Worth: Two

• One man in his 80s
• One man in his 60s
  

Mansfield: Three

• One man in his 80s
• Two men in their 70s
  

North Richland Hills:  Five

• One woman in her 90s
• Two women in their 80s
• One man in his 70s
• One man in his 50s
  

Saginaw: Three

• One man in his 80s
• Two men in their 60s
  

Watauga: Three

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

White Settlement: Four

• One woman in her 90s
• One woman in her 80s
• One woman in her 70s
• One man in his 40s

All but 44 had underlying health conditions. Tarrant County now has 1,703 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 122,438 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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