(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 32,780,860 doses of COVID-19 vaccine across the country on Tuesday morning and distributed 52,657,675 doses.
The vaccination of doses is for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, which claimed by 6am ET by Tuesday, the agency said.
According to the report published on Monday, the agency administered 32,222,402 doses of the vaccines and distributed 49,936,450 doses.
According to the agency, 26,440,836 people received 1 or more doses, while 6,064,792 people received the second dose as of Tuesday.
A total of 3,851,460 vaccine doses were administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.
(Reporting by Vishwadha Chander in Bengaluru)
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