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Tarrant County Public Health Reports First Monkeypox Virus Infection
July 11, 2022 – (Tarrant County) – Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) reports the first case of Monkeypox within the county. Our Epidemiology Division is investigating and still obtaining details on the case. Currently, the general public is not considered at risk. TCPH will work with local, federal and state partners to continue to monitor the situation. Monkeypox can …
Tarrant County Public Health Reports Nine COVID-19 Deaths
Mar. 1, 2022 – (Tarrant County) – Tarrant County Public Health (TCPH) today reports nine COVID-19 deaths. The deceased include a woman from Bedford in her 80s, a woman from Arlington in her 80s, a woman from Crowley in her 80s, a woman from Fort Worth in her 70s, a woman from Arlington in her …
Tarrant County issues public health warning after COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass 15% mark
Tarrant County has now had more than 700 people hospitalized with COVID-19 for five straight days, the longest stretch the county has seen so far. Updated at 5:18 p.m. with additional comments from officials. Tarrant County health officials announced Tuesday that people with COVID-19 now make up more than 15% of its county’s hospitalized …
Tarrant County Health Director Says Schools Should Prepare to Return to Virtual Learning – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
The director of the Tarrant County Public Health Department says school districts in the county should prepare to return to virtual learning rather than “waiting for an outbreak.” Public health director Vinny Taneja made the statement Tuesday morning during a meeting of the Tarrant County Commissioners Court where he said all of the county’s COVID-19 …
Tarrant County public health officials say residents should ‘answer the call’ from contact tracers
About 47% of county residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 did not answer when contacted by contact tracers. FORT WORTH, Texas — About 47% of Tarrant County residents who tested positive for COVID-19 did not answer calls or messages from contact tracers, according to recent public health data. “That’s a huge number,” said Tarrant …
Tarrant County Adds 3 Deaths, 585 Coronavirus Cases After Holiday Break in Reporting – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
After a two day hiatus in reporting, Tarrant County Public Health has updated its COVID-19 dashboard to include an additional 585 new cases and three deaths. The county had not reported any new cases on Friday or Saturday because of the Fourth of July holiday, and said the new numbers added Sunday only reflected cases …
Tarrant County health officials share how they’re investigating the spread of COVID-19
Contact tracing is like detective work done through call centers. FORT WORTH, Texas — Without a vaccine, contact tracing is likely the best way to fight the spread of COVID-19. Russ Jones is Tarrant County’s chief epidemiologist. He says contract tracing or case investigations are lot like detective work. “It all is, and the thing …
