A refrigerated cell phone Tuesday was deployed Tuesday to Methodist Texas Health Harris in Fort Worth, hospital officials say, as Tarrant County averages less than 15 COVID-19-related deaths per day.
Tarrant County Public Health reported eight deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, after counting 13 every day since Dec. 27, with the exception of New Year’s Day, when no new data was reported. coronavirus.
“This demonstrates the seriousness of the situation and the importance for all members of the community to do their part to curb the transmission of the virus with masks, wash their hands, distance themselves socially and avoid large crowds,” said Texas Health Resources. a statement.
The county reported 1,947 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as county adult ICU beds remained 98% occupied, in addition to 86% occupancy of all hospital beds.
In early December, two large refrigerated trucks were parked outside the Tarrant County Forensic Doctor’s Office to store bodies in the face of the increased coronavirus-related deaths.
The storage capacity in the coroner’s office is 100 bodies, and currently the number is 85 or 90, according to Dr. Nizam Peerwani, a forensic doctor in Tarrant County, on Dec. 9.
COVID-19-related deaths in El Paso increased in the fall and county officials turned to refrigerated trucks and the Texas National Guard to help the morgues with the dead.