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Tarrant County Adds 848 COVID-19 Cases Friday, Another Death as Estimated Recoveries Top 50,000

County cases top 62,300 with 713 dead and more than 50,000 recovered since early March

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Tarrant County Public Health is reporting 848 additional cases of COVID-19 Friday along with another death.

The latest victim of the virus was a man from Fort Worth in his 60s who had underlying health conditions.

Of the 848 additional cases reported Friday, data from the county health department indicates there are 678 more confirmed cases than the day before and 170 more probable cases. It is not clear if any of the new cases came from the Texas DSHS backlog.

The county began reporting both probable and confirmed cases in August at the request of the state health department. Probable cases, the county said, account for a variety of real-world situations and could highlight cases in the community that may otherwise go unreported. To date, the county has reported 55,578 confirmed cases of the virus and 5,797 probable cases for a total of 62,375 cases.

The county is also reporting another 379 estimated recoveries, bringing the total number of survivors to 50,328. There are currently an estimated 11,334 active cases in the county.

Of the county's cases, 71% of those who have died were over the age of 65 even though they only make up 10% of the cases. Those aged 25 to 44 make up the largest percentage of people with COVID-19 at 37%.

The health department reports 454 COVID-19 patients are currently occupying hospital beds in the county -- about 9% of capacity and nearly twice what it was a month ago when it was at 5%.

With 713 deaths now attributed to the virus, COVID-19 is now projected to be the third leading killer of Tarrant County residents behind cancer and heart disease and is expected to surpass the annual total for stroke later this year.

With the recent changes to their reporting system, Tarrant County Public Health said changes have also been made to their online dashboard, most notably to the Case Counts tab and Cases by Location tab. The Case Counts tab now includes cases reported by week, including both probable and confirmed, while the Cases by Location tab includes a map showing the 30-day average infection rate by ZIP code.

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