Tarrant County Public Health Reports 15 COVID-19 Deaths; 250,836 Vaccinations Provided

Tarrant County Public Health Reports 15 COVID-19 Deaths;

250,836 Vaccinations Provided

March 3, 2021 - (Tarrant County) Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 15 COVID-19 deaths. To date TCPH has provided 130,548 COVID-19 vaccinations. TCPH’s partners have given an additional 120,288 vaccinations for more than a quarter million vaccinations given to people who signed up to its COVID-19 vaccination list.

The deceased include a woman from Fort Worth who exceeded 90, a woman from Hurst in her 80s, a man from Kennedale in his 80s, two women and a man from Fort Worth in their 80s, two men from Arlington in their 70s, a woman from Benbrook in her 70s, a man from Hurst in his 70s, a woman from Euless in her 70s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 60s, a man from Bedford in his 50s, a woman from Sansom Park in her 60s, and a woman from Fort Worth in her 40s. All had underlying health conditions.
 
Tarrant County now has 2,912 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 226,880 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, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday - Sunday.

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