LAREDO, Texas – On Monday the City of Laredo is planning on vaccinating 5,000 people in a single day.

The city set up 25 distribution sites across Webb County and plans to prioritize people in Phase 1A and 1B categories. People getting vaccinated must have pre-registered in advance.

COVID-19 UPDATE (01/31): Hospitalization rate is at 42.94% (-2 hospitalizations from 01/30) with 75 patients in ICU. Stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19! For more details, visit https://t.co/sOOgae9daY #MaskUpLaredo pic.twitter.com/d9mZicicMp

— City of Laredo (@cityoflaredo) January 31, 2021

Last week the city asked the state to begin sending 10,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses a week, saying if approved those will be used as first dose inoculations.

As of Sunday, Laredo had a hospitalization rate of 42.94% with 75 people in area ICUs. The area has seen over 40,000 confirmed positive cases so far, with 1,690 active cases.