The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office confirmed its first COVID-19-related inmate death Monday.
According to the sheriff's office, a 67-year-old male inmate died from COVID-19 and underlying health issues on Saturday, May 23.
The man had been in Tarrant County custody since Feb. 22, 2020 and was originally in jail because of two felony DWI charges, according to the sheriff's office. He was held without bond.
The man was transported to JPS Hospital on May 3. He died at the hospital, the sheriff's office confirmed.
This is the first reported COVID-19-related death in the Tarrant County jail, but hundreds of inmates at the Fort Worth Federal Medical Center have tested positive for COVID-19 and another inmate at The Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth died in April, about a month after giving birth while on a ventilator.
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