Seventeen hubs in North Texas will receive just over a quarter of the state’s first dose of COVID-19 vaccine next week, state health officials say.
Of the state’s top 520,425 vaccine doses, 138,950 will go to hubs in North Texas, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
In addition to the first doses, Texas DSHS said it is ordering 188,225 doses of vaccine for people who were vaccinated a few weeks ago.
Of the 17 hubs in North Texas, six are in Dallas County, four are in Collin County, three are in Tarrant County and there are one in Denton, Fannin, Navarro and Parker counties.
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You can register now to get vaccinated in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. The links are below:
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You do not have to be a county resident to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in that county – registration is open to anyone in Texas. For those without internet access, Tarrant County also makes registrations by phone at 817-248-6299. In Dallas County, call the DCHHS Vaccine Helpline at 469-749-9900. In Denton County, call 940-349-2585.
Collin County will receive 26,320 first doses of the vaccine distributed among its four providers: Allen Fire Department, Baylor Scott & White Plano Collin County Health Care Services and McKinney Fire Department.
The Frisco fire department receives a single shipment of 7,800 first doses, and the county will have six total vaccination sites.
The six hubs in Dallas County will receive a total of 43,150 first doses. County centers are Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas City, Dallas County Health and Human Services, Parkland Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Garland Health Department.
The three Tarrant County hubs, the Arlington Fire Department, Tarrant County Public Health and Texas Health, will share 25,750 first combined doses.
Denton County Public Health, as the county’s only hub, will receive the largest allocation from any single provider in the state: 32,475. The county plans to open a large-scale vaccination site at Texas Motor Speedway, which will be scheduled only.
TMC Bonham Hospital in Fannin County will receive 975 first doses; the Corsicana-Navarro public health district will receive 1,500; and the Parker County Hospital district in Weatherford will receive 1,950, according to DSHS.
There are 82 state-wide hub providers, in addition to hundreds of smaller providers, such as pharmacies and hospitals, in 166 different counties.
The increase in the number of doses that Texas will receive next week is due to two factors, according to DSHS. The first is a 30% increase in the number of Modern doses offered by the federal government, and the second is a single return of 126,750 doses of Pfizer vaccine reserved for long-term care facilities. The initial distribution was overestimated, so some doses are returned to states, DSHS said.
The state still vaccinates people in groups 1A and 1B, which includes health workers, first responders, residents of long-term care facilities, people over the age of 65 and people with underlying health conditions.
According to DSHS, 1.75 million people in Texas received their first dose, while 410,000 were completely vaccinated.