By Tim Mastro

DOVER — An additional 23,230 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Delaware on Tuesday, the Delaware Division of Public Health reported on Wednesday.

Combined with the 29,250 doses delivered on Monday, the DPH has received 52,480 doses this week. This total does not include an additional 15,405 doses delivered to the state’s allocation as part of the Federal Pharmacy Program.

The extra doses come after the state did not receive any doses last week due to delays caused by the severe winter weather throughout the country.

Delaware has received a total of 214,530 doses of vaccine and 42,405 more as part of the Federal Pharmacy Program. It has administered 188,073 of those doses and has 68,862 remaining, according to information in the state’s immunization data system DelVAX as of Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

The DPH said Wednesday, spots are still available for Friday at a second-dose vaccination clinic hosted by Dover International Speedway, through a partnership with the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. Delawareans who received their first dose of vaccine on Jan. 22 or earlier are eligible for this clinic.

Appointments can be made here. Those without internet access may call the DPH at 1-833-643-1715. Appointments are required to receive a second dose and anyone who does not have an appointment will be turned away.

Scheduled appointments will be canceled for those who cannot be identified in state vaccination records as receiving their first dose on or before Jan. 22.

Both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be available at the event. Individuals must bring proof of their appointment, identification and their vaccination card from their first dose.

Also on Wednesday, CarePortMD, a Delaware company, launched the first of four “Vax Machines.” These repurposed buses are set up to provide COVID-19 vaccination and PCR-testing services. They are equipped with vital signs monitors, phlebotomy services, oxygen, telemedicine access to medical doctors and a limited number of important medications.

The buses will mobilize care to areas of highest need, as identified by the DPH, to facilitate a “uniform and equitable distribution of COVID vaccinations and testing to people with the poorest access.”

Buses will also be routed to local businesses as part of the company’s COVID-19 mitigation service. This program enables weekly onsite employee testing, contact tracing and quarantine/return-to-work guidance to help minimize the risk for and the impact of a COVID-19 outbreak within an organization.

Delaware has recorded 85,506 positive COVID-19 cases since March 11, as well as 1,402 COVID-19-related deaths, according to statistics via the DPH which reflect data as of Tuesday at 6 p.m.

The DPH reported 23 newly announced deaths in its report on Wednesday, including 18 deaths which were a result of a review of Vital Statistics records from January and December. Two of the individuals did not have underlying health conditions, according to the DPH.

Sixteen of the 23 were residents of New Castle County while six were Sussex County residents and one was from Kent County. Seven were residents of long-term care centers, bringing the total amount of COVID-19-related deaths in long-term care centers to 695.

The number of individuals hospitalized in Delaware with the virus is 182 with 27 considered critical, according to the DPH’s daily update.