A refrigerated mobile morgue was deployed Tuesday at Texas Health Harris Methodist in Fort Worth, hospital officials say, as Tarrant County has an average of just under 15 COVID-19-related deaths per day.
Tarrant County Public Health reported eight COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, after 13 deaths every day since Dec. 27 excluding New Years Day, when no new coronavirus data was reported.
“This shows how serious the situation is and how important it is for everyone in the community to do their part in slowing the transmission of the virus by wearing masks, washing their hands, socially distant Avoid crowds, ”said Texas Health Resources. a statement.
The province reported 1,947 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as adult ICU beds in the province remained 98% occupied, in addition to 86% occupancy of all hospital beds.
In early December, two large refrigerated trucks were parked outside the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office to store bodies in the wave of coronavirus-related deaths.
The storage capacity in the medical examiner’s office is 100 bodies, and the number is currently 85 or 90, longtime Tarrant County medical examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani said on Dec. 9.
Deaths related to COVID-19 in El Paso increased in the fall, and county officials turned to refrigerated trucks and the Texas National Guard to assist morgues with the dead.