The Montgomery County Commissioners approved federal funds to be used for vaccine sites.

CONROE, TX — Montgomery County Commissioners approved $300,000 of American Rescue Plan Funds to be used for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and a state-sponsored antibody infusion center in the county at a special meeting Friday.

The court authorized the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to use $250,000 for the procurement of necessary medical supplies, personal protective equipment and operational supplies, which includes supplies necessary to operate the county's pop-up vaccination sites that started last weekend.

The other $50,000 will go toward overtime pay for local law enforcement to staff the vaccination sites as well as the infusion center located in The Woodlands.

Commissioners Robert Walker and Charlie Riley of Precincts 1 and 2, respectively, reported that their pop-up vaccination sites each served roughly 100 people over the three days they operated from Saturday to Thursday. Precinct 3's vaccination site opened Friday and will remain open Saturday and Sunday at 2133 Timberloch Place in The Woodlands. Precinct 4's site will run from Monday through Wednesday at A.V. 'Bull' Sallas Park in New Caney.

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Despite a turnout at the pop-up sites that was "a little disappointing," according to Riley, there were 12,584 vaccine doses administered in Montgomery County during the week of Aug. 9-15, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. It's the fourth straight week that saw an increase of doses administered in the county.

"We have plenty of providers stretched out across the county that are able to do them, ... so they are getting done," said Jason Millsaps, executive director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. "In a couple weeks, we'll be doing second doses on all these folks, and if these trends continue, there will be double that."

The county's ramped-up vaccination efforts are in response to the latest wave of the pandemic, a surge caused by the delta variant.

The Montgomery County Public Health District reported 9,073 active cases in its Friday update, an increase of 151 since Wednesday. In the county, 384 are hospitalized with COVID-19 with 85 in intensive care. Both metrics are pandemic-highs for Montgomery County.

MCPHD also reported that 686 Montgomery County children under the age of 12 have tested positive for COVID-19 in August, the most in any month of the pandemic so far.

How to get vaccinated

DSHS has set up a public vaccination website to help Texans register for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment close to them. To schedule an appointment, click here.

National pharmacies CVS and Walgreens also are distributing the vaccine across the country. To check availability in your area and register for a vaccine, click here for CVS and here for Walgreens.

For more information on vaccination locations throughout Texas, click here.