U.S. administers nearly 111 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC

Reuters · 03/16/2021 17:01
U.S. administers nearly 111 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC

- The United States has administered 110,737,856 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 142,918,525 doses in the country as of Tuesday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

The tally is for Moderna MRNA.O, Pfizer/BioNTech PFE.N, 22UAy.DE and Johnson & Johnson's JNJ.N vaccines as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the agency said.

According to the tally posted on March 15, the agency had administered 109,081,860 doses of the vaccines, and distributed 135,847,835 doses.

The agency said 72,135,616 people have received at least one dose, while 39,042,345 people were fully vaccinated as of Tuesday.

A total of 7,569,120 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.


(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)

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