COVID-19 vaccine strategies change as supply dwindles across North Texas
COVID-19 vaccine strategies change as supply dwindles across North Texas
County leaders across North Texas are starting to come up with new ways to get more people vaccinated.
County leaders across North Texas are starting to come up with new ways to get more people vaccinated.
Supply is outpacing demand, so we are starting to see a shift toward smaller vaccination clinics and even the idea of paying people to get vaccinated is being floated.
Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, like other leaders across the state, has too much COVID-19 vaccine and too few takers.
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Tarrant County passes 1,000,000 administered vaccines
Tarrant County Public Health said as of Wednesday, 1,047,122 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Tarrant County.
Health officials also said there are currently 159 people hospitalized with COVID-19. There were 165 the previous day.
This is the 27th consecutive day the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations has been below 200.
The COVID-19 patients make up 3% of the total hospital bed capacity. The county currently has a 14-day average of 152 hospitalizations.
Health officials reported 148 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. There have been 255,063 total cases in the county since tracking began in March 2020.
Health officials also reported one new COVID-19 death. It was a Southlake man in his 60s with underlying conditions.
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COVID-19 Bulletin (04/20/21)
Researchers have discovered a Texas-based variant. Texas two-week average is going up.
By Will Maddox
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Healthcare Business
April 19, 2021
11:00 pm 506 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.
Researchers at Texas A&M have identified a new variant of COVID-19 called BV-1. BV-1, named after the Brazos Valley is has been observed in one patient who had mild symptoms that lasted about a month. WFAA has more about this variant.
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allas-based nonprofit Project Unity is expanding its free community vaccination event to West Dallas starting on Monday, reports KERA. The vaccination event will serve a predominantly Spanish-speaking neighborhood as nationwide data shows Black and Latino communities have been hardest hit by COVID-19 and are being vaccinated at lower rates.