The 28 centers will get 158,825 doses of the vaccine this week, according to the Texas State Department of Health Services. Another 38,300 doses will go to other suppliers across the state.
The number of doses each provider receives is based on their own estimate of how many people could be vaccinated in a week, DSHS said.
The centers are intended to streamline vaccination on a large scale, as Texas continues to prioritize the vaccination of health care workers, age 65 or older, with underlying medical conditions.
This week’s 28 centers are located in some of the largest metropolitan areas in the state, as well as in the Rio Grande Valley and more rural areas.
Announcing the plan last week, DSHS said centers will need to set up phone numbers and registration websites and focus on the most vulnerable communities in their regions. You can find the contact information of the hubs here.
These are the 28 centers, followed by their county and how many doses they receive:
- Bell County Public Health District, Bell, 3,900
- San Antonio Metro Health District, Bexar, 9,000
- University health system, Bexar, 10,725
- CHI St. Joseph College Station Hospital, Brazos, 1,200
- Cameron County Public Health, Cameron, 6,000
- Dallas County Health and Human Services, Dallas, 6,000
- Parkland Hospital, Dallas, 6,825
- UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 10,000
- Denton County Public Health, Denton, 3,500
- El Pas Fire Department, El Pas, 5,000
- University Medical Center of El Paso, 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-Nous County Public Health District, Nous, 4,000
- Amarillo Department of Public Health, Potter, 5,000
- Northeast Texas Public Health District, Smith, 1,500
- UT Tyler Center for Health Sciences, Smith, 1,500
- Tarrant County Public Health, Tarrant, 9,000
- Texas Health Resources, Tarrant, 10,050
- Austin Public Health, Travis, 12,000
- Department of Health of the City of Laredo, Webb, 1,200
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