The public health department in Tarrant County confirmed that hospital needs in the country are at 99% capacity on Tuesday, with only six beds available. The Department of Health also confirmed that another 1,278 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported, along with another 23 new deaths.
At the meeting of the commissioner in Tarrant County on Tuesday, Vinny Taneja, director of public health, reported that the country has six ICU beds left.
“Someone has a heart attack or a bad traffic accident. Now you have to decide which person is more critical. Where do you place it? Do you place it in the ICU or do you try to treat it outside the ICU care?” explains Taneja. “This is where the burden of one disease becomes overwhelming.”
According to the TCPH COVID-19 dashboard, there are 1,323 COVID-19 patients in county hospitals and they make up 29% of ICU patients. The total occupancy of beds for all hospital beds in the province is now 88%.
Of the 1,323 COVID-19 patients, 258 are in the ICU.
The Department of Public Health in Tarrant County confirmed 2,016 new cases of COVID-19 Friday along with another 16 new deaths. TCPH also reports that more than 1,030 people in the country have been infected with the virus, including more than 200 in ICUs.
“Hospitals have plans for pandemic recovery. Let me not scare people that they do not know, or that they do not have the capacity. They do, but do you really want to expand the capacity? We already know that we are thin with staff, “said Taneja.” Staff have been working in the hospital for almost ten months and deal with a lot of COVID and diseases. They are tired. Some of them had COVID, family with COVID, and some of them are dead. Do you really want to stretch “That capacity?”
In the past seven days, the province has announced 11,188 new cases of the virus, or an average of 1,431 per day. Data from the province’s health department indicate that there are 1 278 more confirmed cases than the latest report and 31 less likely cases.
The most recent victims included a man from Keller who was over 100, a woman from Bedford in her 90s, a man from Hurst in his 90s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 90s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 80s, two men from Bedford in their 80s, two women from Mansfield in their 80s, two men from Fort Worth in their 80s, a man from Grapevine in his 80s, a woman from Bedford in her 70s, a husband of Crowley in his 70s, two men of Benbrook in their 70s, a man of Fort Worth in his 70s, a wife of Hurst in her 70s, a man of Fort Worth in his 60s, a wife of Euless in her 60s, a man from Crowley in his 50s, a man from Mansfield in his 50s, and a man from Fort Worth in his 30s. Three had no underlying health conditions, three had unknown underlying conditions, while the others had underlying conditions.
Tarrant County, which last month extended its mask mandate to Feb. 28, 2021, began reporting both probable and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in August at the request of the Department of Health. Likely cases, according to the province, are responsible for different situations in the real world and can highlight issues in the community that would not otherwise be reported. To date, the province has reported 127,256 confirmed cases of the virus and 18,023 probable cases for a total of 145,279 cases.
The province also reports another 1111 estimated repairs, bringing the total number of survivors to 106,644. There are currently an estimated 37,187 active cases in the state, the most of any province in North Texas.
With 1448 deaths now attributed to the virus, COVID-19 is expected to become the third-largest killer of Tarrant County residents after cancer and heart disease, and expected to surpass the annual total stroke later this year.
COVID-19 causes a respiratory illness with cough, fever and shortness of breath and can lead to bronchitis, severe pneumonia or even death. For more information, go to coronavirus.tarrantcounty.com or call the Public Health Information Line in Tarrant County, 817-248-6299, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.