City Of River Oaks: COVID-19 Report Tuesday

Press release from the City of River Oaks:

February 8th, 2022

Tarrant County is reporting today 1,956 new cases for a total of 544,523 cases of which 443,388 are confirmed and 101,135 are probable cases. 452,631 are estimated to have recovered and with 24 more deaths reported, the number of deaths has risen since the last report to a total of 5,374 overall in Tarrant County. Tarrant County hospital bed occupancy by COVID-19 patients is at 19%. The community spread level though still high has dropped to 0.60 which means the virus spread is decreasing. River Oaks is reporting 5 new cases since the last report for a total of 2,182 cases since tracking began of which overall 1,804 have been reported to recover and 25 that have died city-wide therefore, leaving 353 active cases, down 52 since yesterday. Omicron is at least 4 times easier to spread than the Delta Variant because it gets past our immune defenses. Time will tell how severe infections are, especially in those not previously vaccinated or infected. 60% of all Tarrant County residents 5 years and older have now been fully vaccinated, 55% of all ages of Tarrant County Residents have been fully vaccinated. 15% of all Tarrant County has taken the booster. COVID-19 causes respiratory illness with cough, fever and shortness of breath and may lead to bronchitis and severe pneumonia. For more information go to coronavirus.tarrantcounty.com or call the Tarrant County Public Health information line, 817-248-6299, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m., Monday - Sunday. Take the necessary precautions to protect you and your family including washing your hands often, wearing masks and practicing social distancing and if you haven't already get the vaccine. Please be safe.

This press release was produced by the City of River Oaks. The views expressed here are the author’s own.