Hood County Reports First Coronavirus Death

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(Granbury, TX) — Hood County officials are reporting the county’s first coronavirus death.

The patient was a man in his 60s with preexisting health problems.  As of Thursday, Hood County has eight positive cases of the virus.  Four people are believed to have contracted the virus from travel, two from work contacts in Dallas-Fort Worth area, and the other two contracted the illness from infected family members.

County officials say two of the eight are currently hospitalized in critical but stable condition, one has fully recovered, and the other patients are self-isolating at home.