59.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine distributed, 39 million administered: US CDC

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FILE PHOTO: A farm worker is vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine as health professionals reach out to the farming community to provide vaccinations during the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mecca, California, USA, February 1, 2021. REUTERS / Mike Blake

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered since Saturday morning.

The agency said the tariffs for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech have been vaccinated.

According to the report published on Friday, the agency administered 36,819,212 doses of vaccines and distributed 58,380,300 doses.

According to the agency, 30,250,964 people received 1 or more doses, while 8,317,180 people received the second dose as of Saturday.

A total of 4,628,962 doses of vaccine were administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Edited by Dan Grebler

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