Hospital officials on Tuesday deployed a refrigerated morgue to Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth, as Tarrant County averages just under 15 COVID-19 deaths a 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 new coronavirus data were not reported.
“It shows how serious the situation is and how important it is for everyone in the community to do their part to slow down the transmission of the virus by wearing masks, washing their hands, giving up social distance and avoiding large crowds. , “Texas Health Resources said. a statement.
The province reported 1,947 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, as ICU adult beds in the province were 98% occupied, in addition to 86% of all hospital beds.
In early December, two large refrigerated trucks parked outside the office of the medical examiner in Tarrant County to store corpses in the rise of coronavirus-related deaths.
The storage capacity in the office of the medical examiner is 100 bodies, and the number is currently at 85 or 90, said dr. Nizam Peerwani, a longtime medical investigator from Tarrant County, said on Dec. 9.
Deaths related to COVID-19 in El Paso increased in the fall and state officials turned to refrigerated trucks and the Texas National Guard to help mortuaries with the dead.