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

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FILE PHOTO: A farm worker is vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine as health professions come to the farming community to deliver vaccinations during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mecca, California, USA, Feb. 1, 2021. REUTERS / Mike Blake

(Reuters) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, and 39,037,964 doses had been delivered on Saturday morning.

The deals are for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, vaccines from 6:00 a.m. ET Saturday, the agency said.

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

The agency said 30,250,964 people had received 1 or more doses, while 8,317,180 people had received the second dose on Saturday.

A total of 4,628,962 doses of vaccine have been administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.

Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Editing by Dan Grebler

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