Seventeen hubs in North Texas will receive just over a quarter of the allocation of the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week, state health officials say.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 138,950 of the state’s 520,425 first doses of the vaccine will go to hubs in North Texas.
In addition to the first doses, Texas DSHS said it ordered 188,225 doses of the vaccine for people who were vaccinated a few weeks ago.
Of the 17 hubs in North Texas, six are in Dallas County, four in Collin County, three in Tarrant County and there are each one in Denton, Fannin, Navarro and Parker counties.
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As the state began distributing the COVID-19 vaccines to those in Phases 1A and 1B, the country’s health department has begun waiting lists for those who want to be vaccinated.
You can now register to receive the vaccination in the provinces of Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant. Links are below:
Waiting list links: Collin – Search Waiting List | Dallas | Denton | Tarrant
You do not have to be a resident of the country to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in that country – registration is available to anyone in Texas. For those without Internet access, Tarrant County also takes registrations by phone at 817-248-6299. In Dallas County, call the DCHHS Vaccine Hotline 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: the Allen Fire Department, Baylor Scott & White Plano Collin County Health Care Services and the McKinney Fire Department.
The Frisco fire department receives one-time shipment of 7,800 first doses and the province has six total vaccination sites.
The six hubs in Dallas County will receive a total of 43,150 first doses. The province’s hubs are Baylor University Medical Center, the City of Dallas, Dallas County Health and Human Services, Parkland Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center and the City of Garland Health Department.
The three hubs of Tarrant County, the Arlington Fire Department, Tarrant County Public Health and Texas Health will jointly distribute 25,750 first doses.
Denton County Public Health, as the only center in the province, will receive the largest award from any provider in the state: 32,475. The county plans to open a large vaccination site at Texas Motor Speedway that will be by appointment only.
The TMC Bonham Hospital in Fannin County will receive 975 first doses; the Corsicana-Navarro Public Health District will receive 1500; and the Parker County Hospital District in Weatherford will receive 1,950 according to DSHS.
There are 82 button suppliers across the country, in addition to hundreds of smaller suppliers, such as pharmacies and hospitals, in 166 different provinces.
The increase in the number of doses Texas will receive next week is due to two factors, according to DSHS. The first is a 30% increase in the number of doses of Moderna offered by the federal government and the second is a one-time yield of 126,750 doses of Pfizer vaccine available for long-term care facilities. The initial distribution has been overestimated, and therefore some doses are being returned to the states, DSHS says.
The state is still vaccinating people in groups 1A and 1B, which include 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 fully vaccinated.