TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS 22 COVID-19 DEATHS

Tarrant County Public Health Reports 22 COVID-19 Deaths

Sept. 1, 2021 - (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 22 COVID-19 deaths. The deceased include a man from Fort Worth in his 80s, a man from Benbrook in his 80s, a woman from Arlington in her 70s, a man from Kennedale in his 70s, a man from Mansfield in his 70s, two men and a woman from Fort Worth in their 70s, three men from Fort Worth in their 60s, a woman from Bedford in her 60s, a man from Fort Worth in his 50s, two women from Arlington in their 50s, a woman from unincorporated Tarrant County in her 50s, a man from Grapevine in his 50s, a man from Fort Worth in his 40s, a woman from Pantego in her 40s, a woman from Azle in her 40s, a woman from Hurst in her 30s, and a woman from Fort Worth in her 20s. All but one had underlying health conditions.

Tarrant County now has 3,881 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 276,983 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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