https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2020/05/11/report-90-of-one-texas-countys-new-covid-cases-are-in-one-federal-prison-n389858Report: 90% of One Texas County's New COVID Cases Are in One Federal PrisonBY BRYAN PRESTON, MAY 11, 2020 3:05 PM EST
Tarrant County is a major county in Texas. At just over two million residents, it’s the big state’s third-largest county. Fort Worth is there. You may have heard of it as the junior and more laid-back partner in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
So imagine everyone’s surprise when pretty much all of its new COVID cases are in one federal prison in the county, reports Newsweek.
Health officials in Tarrant County, Texas on Sunday announced 485 new coronavirus cases, with nearly 90 percent of that figure coming from a large outbreak at a federal prison.
Of the 485 confirmed cases, 423 were associated with the Federal Medical Center Fort Worth prison, county officials said. The facility now has a total of 627 confirmed cases out of roughly 1,463 inmates, making it the prison with the third-highest number of infections at a U.S. federal facility. There are now at least five deaths caused by the novel virus at the location.
Many states' goobernors would not consider the location of the cases and just lump these in with the total cases in the state in planning for re-opening. Hopefully Texas' governor is smarter than that.
