Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will provide an update on COVID-19 vaccine efforts in Texas Monday afternoon after touring a new mass vaccination center in.
Updated on January 8, 2021 at 3:21 pm
Nefty Gonzalez, NBC 5
The Tarrant County Public Health Department Friday is reporting 127 previously unreported COVID-19 deaths from October, November and December along with the addition of 2,998 new cases of the virus.
Of the increase in deaths, TCPH said since the pandemic began they have been receiving notifications of infections and deaths from clinics, hospitals, long term care facilities, laboratories, schools, the medical examiner, the state health and other local health departments. However, because a death may occur in a different place or weeks after a diagnosis, the death may not get reported to the local health department.
Tarrant County Public Health on Saturday reported 3,110 additional cases of COVID-19 with eight new deaths. Data from the county health department indicates.