Here are the latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in El Paso County as of June 8:
How many people in El Paso County have received a COVID-19 vaccine?
59% of people in El Paso County have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 492,330 people
47% of people in El Paso County are fully vaccinated, for a total of 397,688 people
For a county-by-county look at the vaccination rollout, see our COVID-19 vaccine tracker, which is updated daily.
How many people in Texas have been vaccinated so far?
47% of people in Texas have received at least one dose of the vaccine, for a total of 13,136,311 people
Chastity Laskey, USA TODAY NETWORK
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El Paso County has administered more than 835,054 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as of June 1, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
That s up 3% from the previous week s tally of 807,665 COVID-19 doses administered.
In El Paso County, 45% of people living in El Paso County are fully vaccinated as of June 1. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).
Texas reported 2,954,084 total cases of coronavirus, an increase of 0.25% from the week before.
Karen Brooks Harper and Carla Astudillo
Texas Tribune
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When Rio Grande Valley retiree Robert Chapa finally got his COVID-19 vaccine in March after months of trying to secure an appointment, it was a nearby school district that came through for him.
After a year of living in a national hot spot for the virus, where death rates at one point were among the highest in the nation, Chapa, 59, was anxious to get the shot.
“I was at high risk, with one kidney,” said Chapa, who lost the organ in a car accident decades ago. “I stood in line for three hours, I think. But if you gotta get it, you gotta get it.”
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso will offer COVID-19 vaccines to 12- to 15-year-olds from 4 to 7 p.m. June 1-3.
The vaccine doses will be administered in the Medical Sciences Building II on the first floor at 137 Rick Francis St.
Parents or guardians must be present for their child to receive a shot. Doses will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.
Parking will be available on the corner of Robert Brown Avenue and Rick Francis Drive in lots marked T3, P11 and P7.
Call 915-215-4300 for any questions.
The El Paso, Socorro, Anthony and San Elizario school districts, as well as El Paso Community College, have announced similar programs since the Food and Drug Administration approved an emergency use authorization earlier this month to allow children as young as 12 years old to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.