(Reuters) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it had administered 2,127,143 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country on Monday morning and distributed 11,445,175 doses.
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The agency said the number of vaccine doses distributed and the number of people receiving the first dose were for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, COVID-19 vaccines Monday.
According to the version published on December 26, the agency administered 1,944,585 first vaccine doses and distributed 9,547,925 doses.
The agency also reported 19,055,869 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 145,959 cases from the previous count, and said the number of deaths had risen by 1,345 to 332,246.
The CDC reported its count of cases of respiratory disorder known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, from 4pm Sunday compared to its previous report a day earlier. (Http://bit.ly/33mTSJz)
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.
(Reported by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Edited by Maju Samuel)
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