For 3rd straight day, Tarrant County passes single-day COVID record with 1,062 cases
Fort Worth -- For the third straight day, Tarrant County on Saturday surpassed its single-day record high for coronavirus cases as officials reported more than 1,000 cases for the first time along with three deaths.
The 1,062 new cases is larger than the previous record of 952 set on Friday, and the record of 938 set Thursday. More than 1,400 cases were reported on Aug. 16 but that total included hundreds of older, previously unreported cases that were added from a backlog in the state database.
As of Saturday, there have been 73,180 COVID cases across Tarrant County, with 760 deaths, according to data from the Tarrant County Public Health Department. A total of 56,715 people are estimated to have recovered.
The data shows the three deaths reported on Saturday included a Fort Worth resident and two Arlington residents.
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