U.S. administers 87.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines: CDC
U.S. administers 87.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) – The United States has administered 87,912,323 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday morning and delivered 116,355,405 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The tally of doses are for both Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccines as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, the agency said.
According to the tally posted on March 5, the agency had administered 85,008,094 doses, and distributed 114,133,115 doses.
FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws a Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at East Valley Community Health Center in La Puente, California, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
The agency said 57,358,849 people had received one or more doses, while 29,776,160 people have received the second dose as of Saturday.
A total of 7,349,495 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.
Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Chang
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