The Tarrant County Public Health Department says county ICUs have a capacity of 97% Wednesday, adding 3,410 additional cases of COVID-19 along with 12 more deaths.
According to the TCPH COVID-19 scorecard, there were 1,489 COVID-19 patients in county hospitals as of Tuesday, 73 more than Monday. COVID-19 patients account for 29% of all hospital patients in the county and 25.4% of all hospitalized patients with ASD-E. The total bed occupancy rate of all hospital beds in the county is now 87%, down 3% from Tuesday. According to the TCPH COVID-19 scorecard, adult ICU capacity in Tarrant County decreased by up to 97%.
While hospital capacities are approaching 100%, officials stressed last week that they have plans to increase capacity if necessary.
“Hospitals have plans to increase the pandemic. Don’t let it scare people, that they don’t know it or that they don’t have the capacity. Yes, but do you really want to extend that capacity? We already know we have a small staff,” the director said Tuesday. of Public Health of Tarrant County, Vinnu Taneja. “The staff has been working at the hospital for about ten months to treat many COVIDs and illnesses. They are tired. Some had COVID, the family with COVID, others died. So you really want to stretch. ? this ability? “
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In the past seven days, the county has announced 18,400 new and likely cases of the virus or an average of 2,628 a day. Data from the county health department indicated that there were 2,777 more confirmed cases than the most recent report and 633 more likely cases. To date, the county has reported 144,103 confirmed cases of the virus and 21,185 probable cases for a total of 165,288 cases.
The county also reports an estimated 1,799 other recoveries, bringing the total number of survivors to 118,933. There are currently an estimated 44,794 active cases in the county, most in North Texas counties.
Among the latest victims were a man from Arlington in the 90s, a man from Euless in the 90s, a woman from Fort Worth in the 90s, a woman from Hurst in the 90s, a woman from Tarrant County not incorporated in the 90s, a a woman from North Richland Hills in the 1980s, a woman from Arlington in the 1980s, a man from Bedford in the 1980s, a man from Mansfield in the 1980s, two women from Fort Worth in the 1980s and a man from Arlington in the 1960s. underlying health.
TCPH now reports 1,561 deaths attributed to the virus as of March 2020.
County officials also said Wednesday that 9,390 vaccines have been distributed in the county.
Tarrant County, which has extended its mask mandate until Feb. 28, 2021, began reporting both probable and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in August 2020 at the request of the state health department. Probable cases, according to the county, explain various real-world situations and could reveal community cases that might not otherwise be reported.
COVID-19 causes respiratory illness with cough, fever, and difficulty breathing and can cause bronchitis, severe pneumonia, or even death. For more information, visit coronavirus.tarrantcounty.com or call the Tarrant County Public Health Information Line at 817-248-6299, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.