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Health Care Worker Is Tarrant County’s 6th Confirmed COVID-19 Case

It's not clear exactly how the infected person contracted the virus.

TARRANT COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Tarrant County’s sixth confirmed case of COVID-19 is a health care worker, who was working with sick patients, according to the county public health director.

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It’s not clear exactly how the infected person contracted the virus, leading Tarrant County Public Health Director Vinny Taneja to call Tuesday a “significant” day related to the spread of the illness. However, Taneja referred to it as a case of local transmission, and still a step away from generalized community spread.

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