‘A Rarity,’ 10-Year-Old Youngest To Die From COVID-19 In Tarrant County Since Pandemic Began

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

January 26, 2021

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Tarrant County health officials are reporting the first COVID-19-related death of a child 10 or younger since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Calling the child’s death a “rarity,” Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja acknowledged that this week hospitalizations and case spread of the disease are dropping across the region.

Taneja credited vaccinations for the hospital case drop, during Tuesday’s county commissioner’s meeting.

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