State health officials ready to open large drive-in vaccine site in North Texas 11,074 patients in Texas are hospitalized due to COVID-19 Associated Press Tags: Boxes of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are stored in a refrigerator at an ambulance company in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) AUSTIN, Texas – Texas’ rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations stayed on its downward trend Monday as health officials prepared the opening of a large drive-in vaccine center at Texas Motor Speedway racetrack. State health officials reported 11,074 patients hospitalized as Texas continued its steady decline from a record high 14,218 on Jan. 11. That decline has also coincided with a rapid rise in deaths reported at the state has now surpassed 36,500 with 48 newly-reported deaths Monday.