(Reuters) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 20,537,990 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country since Saturday morning and distributed 41,411,550 doses.
The number of vaccine doses is for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines starting Saturday at 6:00 ET, the agency said.
The agency said 17,390,345 people received one or more doses, while 3,027,865 people received the second dose as of Saturday.
A total of 2,437,670 doses of vaccine were administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.
According to the account published on January 22, the agency administered 19,107,959 doses of vaccines and distributed 39,882,400 doses.
Report by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; edited by Diane Craft