A mobile refrigerated morgue was held Tuesday at the Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth, hospital officials say, with Tarrant County averaging at least 15 COVID-19 deaths a day.
The public health of Tarrant County reported eight deaths on Tuesday through COVID-19, after registering 13 every day since December 27, except for New Year’s Day, when no new data on coronavirus were reported.
“This 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, socially distancing themselves and avoiding large crowds,” said Texas Health. Resources. a declaration.
The county reported 1,947 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as adult beds in the county remained 98% occupied, in addition to occupying 86% of all hospital beds.
In early December, two large refrigerated trucks were parked outside the Tarrant County examiner’s office to store bodies in the wake of coronavirus-related deaths.
The storage capacity in the coroner’s office is 100 bodies, and the number is currently at 85 or 90, said for a long time the forensic doctor from Tarrant County, Dr. Nizam Peerwani, on December 9.
COVID-19-related deaths in El Paso rose in the fall, and county officials turned to refrigerated trucks and the Texas National Guard to help the morgue with the dead.