DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now During the weekly COVID-19 vaccine update March 11, Imelda Garcia of the Texas Department of State Health Services anticipated the federal allotment to the state would decrease the following week, and it has. The state is getting roughly 800,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines the week of March 15, a dip from the previous week of more than 1 million. Still, Garcia pointed out, this will be the third-highest number of doses to the state since the vaccine rollout began in December.