Public Health Today Reports Twenty-Two COVID-19 Related Deaths

Tarrant County Public Health Reports Twenty-Two COVID-19 Deaths

Aug. 22, 2020 (Tarrant County, TX) - Tarrant County Public Health reported twenty-two COVID-19 deaths today including seven from July. All had underlying health conditions and eighteen were over 65.

The deceased include a man from Fort Worth who exceeded 100, a woman from Mansfield in her 90s, a woman from Arlington in her 90s, a woman from Grapevine in her 90s, two women from Fort Worth in their 90s, a man from Mansfield in his 90s, a woman from White Settlement in her 90s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 80s, a man from Benbrook in his 80s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 80s, a man from Fort Worth in his 80s, a man from Forest Hill in his 80s, a man from Mansfield in his 80s, a man from Haltom City in his 80s, a woman from Bedford in her 70s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 70s, a woman from Arlington in her 70s, a woman from Arlington in her 60s, a man from Fort Worth in his 60s, a woman from Benbrook in her 60s, and a man from Arlington in his 50s.

Tarrant County now has 505 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 32,487 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 For more information go to coronavirus.tarrantcounty.com [outdated link] or call the Tarrant County Public Health information line, 817-248-6299, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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