The public health of Tarrant County reported on Saturday 3,361 additional cases of COVID-19 with another 18 deaths. The number of cases represented a maximum level for one day for the county, representing only the data processed on Thursday.
The information for January 1-2 will be reported on Sunday, a spokesman for the health department confirmed.
Dallas County also reported a one-day maximum on Saturday.
Data from the county health department indicate that of the additional cases reported on Saturday, 2,865 cases are confirmed, while the other 496 are likely.
The county did not report cases on Friday due to the New Year holiday.
The 18 additional deaths reported on Saturday bring the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Tarrant County to 1,512.
The deaths included a 90-year-old Fort Worth woman; four 80-year-old men from North Richland Hills, Arlington, Mansfield and Grand Prairie; five 70-year-old men and two women from North Richland Hills, Mansfield, Sanson Park, Fort Worth, Arlington, Haltom City and Azle; a 60-year-old man and woman from Arlington; a 50-year-old man and woman from Arlington; a 40-year-old Fort Worth man; and a 30-year-old Fort Worth man.
All but one had underlying health conditions, according to the health department.
The county began reporting both probable and confirmed cases in August at the request of the state health department. The probable cases, the county said, represent a variety of real-world situations and could highlight cases in the community that might otherwise go unreported. So far, the county has reported 134,011 confirmed cases of the virus and 19,354 probable cases for a total of 153,365 cases.
The county also reports another 1,366 estimated recoveries, bringing the total number of survivors to 110,335.
Of the county’s cases, 71% of those who died were over 65 years old. Those aged between 25 and 44 represent the highest percentage of people with COVID-19, at 36%.
According to the Tarrant County Public Health Dashboard COVID-19, as of Friday, the ICU for adults had a capacity of 99%, and the total occupancy rate for all hospital beds in the county was 87%.
The health department reported that 1,399 patients with COVID-19 have been in hospital beds in the county since Thursday. One month ago, on December 1, 884 patients with COVID-19 occupied hospital beds in Tarrant County.