Texas announces sites for the next COVID-19 vaccine shipment

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Texas health officials on Sunday released a list of coronavirus “vaccination centers” that will receive the state’s next shipment of vaccines.

The 28 hubs will receive 158,825 doses of vaccine this week, according to the Texas Department of Health Services. Another 38,300 doses will go to other suppliers across the country.

The number of doses each provider receives is based on their own estimate of the number of people they could vaccinate in a week, DSHS said.

The centers are designed to make vaccination more efficient, as Texas continues to prioritize vaccination for people who are health care workers, people 65 and older, and those with high-risk medical conditions.

The 28 hubs for this week are located in some of the largest metropolitan areas of the state, as well as in the Rio Grande Valley and in several rural regions.

Announcing the plan last week, DSHS said the centers will be required to create phone numbers and registration websites and focus on the most vulnerable communities in their regions. Contact information for hubs can be found here.

Here are the 28 hubs, followed by their county and how many doses they receive:

  • Bell County Public Health District, Bell, 3,900
  • San Antonio Metro District Health, Bexar, 9,000
  • University Health System, Bexar, 10,725
  • CHI St. Joseph College Station Station, Brazos, 1,200
  • Public Health of Cameron County, Cameron, 6,000
  • Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dallas, 6,000
  • Parkland Hospital, Dallas, 6,825
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 10,000
  • Public Health of Denton County, 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 Medical 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
  • Department of Public Health Amarillo, Potter, 5,000
  • Northeast Texas Public Health District, Smith, 1,500
  • UT Health Science Center Tyler, Smith, 1,500
  • Public health of Tarrant county, Tarrant, 9,000
  • Texas Health Resources, Tarrant, 10,050
  • Austin Public Health, Travis, 12,000
  • Laredo City Department of Health, Webb, 1,200

Disclosure: UT Southwestern Medical Center was a financial supporter of the Texas Tribune. A full list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here.

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