Tarrant County Public Health Reports 16 COVID-19 Deaths

Tarrant County Public Health Reports 16 COVID-19 Deaths

Sept. 19, 2021 - (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 16 COVID-19 deaths. The deceased include a man from Fort Worth who exceeded 90, a man from Fort Worth in his 80s, a woman from Saginaw in her 80s, a woman from Euless in her 80s, a woman from Keller in her 80s, a man from Mansfield in his 70s, a man from Lake Worth in his 70s, a woman from North Richland Hills in his 70s, a man from Forest Hill in his 70s, a man from Haltom City in his 60s, a woman from Euless in her 60s, a woman from Richland Hills in her 60s, a man from Watauga in his 60s, a woman from Mansfield in her 50s, a man from North Richland Hills in his 50s, and a man from Fort Worth in his 40s. All but one had underlying health conditions.

Tarrant County now has 4,120 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 297,457 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. - 7 p.m., Monday - Sunday.

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