Texas announces locations for the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine

Texas health officials released on Sunday a list of “vaccination centers” against the coronavirus that will receive the next batch of vaccines from the state.

The 28 centers will receive 158,825 doses of the vaccine this week, according to the Texas State Department of Health Services. Another 38,300 doses will go to other providers across the state.

The number of doses that each provider is receiving is based on its own estimate of how many people it could vaccinate in a week, DSHS said.

The centers aim to expedite large-scale vaccination, as Texas continues to prioritize vaccination for people who are health professionals, 65 and older, with underlying medical conditions.

This week’s 28 hubs are located in some of the largest metropolitan regions in the state, in addition to the Rio Grande Valley and other rural regions.

In announcing the plan last week, DSHS said that hubs will be required to set up phone numbers and registration sites and focus on the most vulnerable communities in their regions. Contact information for the hubs can be found here.

Here are the 28 centers, followed by your municipality and how many doses they are receiving:

• Bell County Public Health District, Bell, 3,900
• San Antonio Metro Health District, Bexar, 9,000
• University Health System, Bexar, 10,725
• CHI Hospital St. Joseph College Station, Brazos, 1,200
• Cameron County Public Health, Cameron, 6,000
• Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dallas, 6,000
• Parkland Hospital, Dallas, 6,825
• UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 10,000
• Denton County Public Health, Denton, 3,500
• El Paso Fire Department, El Paso, 5,000
• El Paso University Medical Center, El Paso, 5,000
• Harris County Public Health, Harris, 8,000
• Houston Department of Health, Harris, 8,000
• Houston Methodist Hospital, Harris, 10,725
• Renaissance Doctors Hospital, Hidalgo, 6,500
• Hidalgo County Health and Human Services, Hidalgo, 5,000
• Lubbock City Department of Health, Lubbock, 5,000
• Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, Maverick, 1,200
• Waco-McLennan County Public Health District, McLennan, 1,500
• Ascension Providence Hospital, McLennan, 1,500
• Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District, Nueces, 4,000
• Amarillo Department of Public Health, Potter, 5,000
• Northeast Texas Public Health District, Smith, 1,500
• UT Health Science Center Tyler, Smith, 1,500
• Tarrant County Public Health, Tarrant, 9,000
• Texas Health Resources, Tarrant, 10,050
• Austin Public Health, Travis, 12,000
• Laredo City Department of Health, Webb, 1,200

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