Texas receives record 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week

Texas receives record 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week

More than 2.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to providers across Texas this week. The Texas Department of State Health Services is allocating 1,094,920 first doses to 2,011 providers in 200 counties, the largest number of doses and providers to date. DSHS is ordering 626,290 second doses for people vaccinated a few weeks ago. An estimated 900,000 additional first and second doses are expected to be available to pharmacy locations, federally-qualified health centers and dialysis centers as allocated directly by the federal government.

Texas has now administered more than 11.8 million doses, an increase of 1.8 million in the last week, and 360,000 more than was reported yesterday. Nearly 7.8 million people have received at least one dose, and more than 4.3 million are now fully vaccinated. Among Texas seniors, more than two-thirds have received at least one dose, and nearly half are now fully vaccinated. More than onethird of all Texans at least 16 years old have gotten a shot and nearly one in five are fully vaccinated.

As of this week, all Texans ages 16 and older are eligible to receive a vaccine. DSHS also launched the Texas Public Health Vaccine Scheduler at getthevaccine.dshs.texas.gov, which allows people to register for a vaccine appointment from a participating public health entity such as DSHS and some local health departments. Already, more than 125,000 people have registered.

Vaccination has helped drive down the number of new cases and people hospitalized with COVID-19 to their lowest level since June.

People can find more information on COVID-19 vaccine at dshs.texas.gov/ covidvaccine/.