The United States administers 90.35 million doses of COVID-19: CDC vaccines

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PHOTO FILE: Syringes sit on a table where coronavirus vaccines are administered during a two-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic at JBS Greeley Beef in Greeley, Colorado, USA, March 5, 2021. Alex McIntyre / The Greeley Tribune / Pool

(Reuters) – The United States has administered 90,351,750 doses of COVID-19 vaccine since Sunday morning and distributed 116,363,405 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Vaccine doses are for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines starting at 9:00 ET (1400 GMT) on Sunday, the agency said.

According to the account published on March 6, the agency administered 87,912,323 doses of vaccines and distributed 116,355,405 doses.

The agency said 58,873,710 people received one or more doses, while 30,686,881 people received the second dose since Sunday.

A total of 7,389,102 doses of the vaccine were given in long-term care units, the agency said.

Reporting of Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Edited by Lisa Shumaker

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