DSHS is working with providers to make sure those arrive on time. More doses are being sent out this time due to a 30% increase in the number of Moderna doses being given out by the federal government and a return of more than 126,750 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Texas had set aside for the federal pharmacy program, DSHS said.Īnother 188,225 doses will be ordered to be used as second doses, DSHS said. The providers also include more than 100 federally-qualified health centers who give car to underserved populations. Those doses will go to 344 providers, including 82 hubs, in 166 counties in the state, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas is slated to receive 520,425 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week from the federal government. During a news conference, Austin Public Health officials said they don’t have enough vaccine available for the Phase 1B group, and it will take months to get people vaccinated effectively. However, vaccine supply is limited in Central Texas with thousands of people trying to register for their first dose. Texas is ordering 216,350 doses intended to be second doses for patients who’ve already been vaccinated, according to DSHS. Texas DSHS says over 1.37 million people have received their first dose and over 228,000 people have been fully vaccinated in the state. Uncertainty looms amid limited COVID-19 vaccine supply in Central Texas DSHS has instructed the CDC to ship those doses to 260 providers across the state. Texas will receive another 333,650 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The state is reserving 121,875 doses for the federal pharmacy program for long-term care facilities.Īt this point in the vaccine rollout, shots have been administered to residents in all 254 Texas counties.
Specific allocations will depend on how many people each of the hub providers is estimated to serve in one week. In the state, 28 hub providers will get 158,825 doses total, according to DSHS. Around 500,000 doses will be given to providers as the “second doses” for people first vaccinated weeks ago, and 38,300 doses will go to other providers. 11Ībout 234 providers in Texas will get their first doses this week. 14 - the first week of vaccine distribution.Īround 1.5 million first doses total have been allocated over the first four weeks of distribution, and the vaccine will have reached providers in 214 counties by week’s end. The CDC will ship 224,250 “second doses” to providers who received the vaccine the week of Dec. Nearly 950 providers in 158 Texas counties were included in this week’s rollout.Īnother 121,875 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were sent pharmacies for the long-term care program. More than 325,000 first doses of the vaccine were allocated during this week - 167,300 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 37,050 of the Pfizer vaccine. At this point in the rollout, vaccines will have reached providers in 199 Texas counties. In the first three weeks of vaccine distribution, the state has been given 1.2 million doses. The CDC delivered 175,100 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 81,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to more than 350 Texas providers in 94 counties.Īnother 121,875 doses of the Pfizer vaccine went to the federal long-term care facility program. Some Moderna shipments in Texas were delayed though, because of issues related to the temperature at which the vaccines need to be stored at. READ: Texas to get 620,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in second week of rollout