TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS 27 COVID-19 DEATHS

Tarrant County Public Health Reports 27 COVID-19 Deaths

Aug. 28, 2021 - (Tarrant County) - Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports 27 COVID-19 deaths. The deceased include a man from Bedford who had exceeded 90, a man from North Richland Hills who had exceeded 90, a man from Fort Worth who had exceeded 90, a woman from Dalworthington Gardens who had exceeded 90, a man from White Settlement in his 80s, a woman from Bedford in her 80s, a woman from Crowley in her 80s, a woman from Arlington in her 80s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 80s, a man from Benbrook in his 80s, a man and two women from Fort Worth in their 70s, a woman from Grapevine in her 70s, two women from Fort Worth in their 60s, a man from Haltom City in his 60s, a man and a woman from Arlington in their 50s, a man from Grapevine in his 50s, a woman and two men from Fort Worth in their 50s, two men from Fort Worth in their 40s, a woman from Arlington in her 20s, and a man from Fort Worth in his 20s. All but two had underlying health conditions.

Tarrant County now has 3,817 confirmed deaths from the COVID-19 virus and 273,548 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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