City Of River Oaks: Tarrant County Reports Over 10,000 New Cases

Press release from the City of River Oaks:

January 24th, 2022

Tarrant County is reporting today 10,466 new cases for a total of 491,935 cases of which 402,158 are confirmed and 89,777 are probable cases. 382,562 are estimated to have recovered and with 9 more deaths reported today for a total of 5,165 that have died overall in Tarrant County. Tarrant County hospital bed occupancy by COVID-19 patients is at 30%. The community spread level is High at 1.03 which is the number of persons that one infected person will on the average pass the virus on to. River Oaks is reporting 50 new cases since last Friday for a total of 1,963 cases since tracking began of which overall 1,528 have been reported to recover and 25 that have died city-wide therefore, the active cases have increased since Friday from 368 to 410 just in River Oaks. 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.