The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered as of Saturday morning.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered as of Saturday morning.
The tallies are for both Moderna andPfizer/BioNTech, vaccines as of 6:00 a.m. ETon Saturday, the agency said.
According to its tally posted on Friday, the agency hadadministered 36,819,212 doses of the vaccines and distributed58,380,300 doses.
The agency said 30,250,964 people had received 1 or moredoses, while 8,317,180 people had gotten the second dose as ofSaturday.
A total of 4,628,962 doses of vaccine have been administeredin long-term care facilities, the agency said.(Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Editing by DanGrebler)
Originally published at Reuters