With Gov. Greg Abbott s easing of COVID-19 restrictions coming Wednesday, statistics show the virus losing steam in East Texas while vaccine doses increase.
By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Feb 6, 2021
Feb 6, 2021
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has only reached a fraction of Texans so far and Henderson County residents are still wondering when more might be available locally.
âWe are still on go for our popup clinic,â Judge Wade McKinney said. âOnce The Texas Department of State Health Services receives the vaccines, theyâll let us know and we will start. Itâs all in their court. The issue is the vaccines are in short supply.â
As of Friday, DSHS showed Henderson County with 3,454 of its approximately 64,000 residents age 16 and above had received the first of the two shots required in the process. Only 933 had received both. Statewide, about 2.1 million had received the first dose and 636,000 had been fully vaccinated.