Tarrant County Public Health Reports 21 COVID-19 Deaths

Tarrant County Public Health Reports 21 COVID-19 Deaths

Sept. 18, 2021 - (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 21 COVID-19 deaths. The deceased include a man from Saginaw in his 80s, a woman from Arlington in her 80s, a man and a woman from Fort Worth in their 80s, a woman from Hurst in her 80s, a woman from Arlington in her 70s, a woman and a man from Fort Worth in their 70s, a man from Keller in his 70s, and a man from Bedford in his 70s, a woman from Grand Prairie in her 60s, a man from unincorporated Tarrant County in his 60s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 60s, a woman from Grapevine in her 60s, a man from Blue Mound in his 60s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 50s, a man from Azle in his 50s, a man from Benbrook in his 50s, a woman and a man from Fort Worth in their 40s, and a woman from Fort Worth in her 30s. All had underlying health conditions.

Tarrant County now has 4,104 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 296,224 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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