HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) As the city of Houston deals with the COVID-19 crisis, one of Houston s sports monuments became a vaccination site on Saturday, and new appointment availabilities filled up in minutes.
All 1,000 new appointments at Minute Maid Park were filled shortly after they were added by the Houston Health Department for people who meet Phase 1A or Phase 1B criteria.
Mayor Sylvester Turner said a new shipment of the Moderna vaccine arrived at the Houston Health Department earlier than expected this week. Due to the delivery, 3,600 vaccinations were administered on Saturday, which is triple the number administered last Saturday at the Bayou City Event Center clinic.
More than two million new US Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths in 2021
From CNN s Chuck Johnston and Hollie Silverman
More than two million new Covid-19 cases and 24,000 deaths have been reported in the first nine days of 2021 in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University Covid tracker.
As of 3 p.m. ET Saturday, a total of
2,003,618 new Covid-19 cases had been reported in January.
An additional
Since the start of the pandemic there have been at least
21,978,182 cases of coronavirus in the US and at least
370,119 people have died in the country.
So far today, Johns Hopkins University has reported