The US CDC says 41.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed, 20.5 million administered

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Registered pharmacist fills a dead volume syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site at William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, January 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer / Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 20,537,990 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and dispensed 41,411,550 doses.

The number of vaccine doses is for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines from 6 a.m. ET Saturday, the agency said.

The agency said 17,390,345 people received one or more doses, while 3,027,865 people received the second dose on Saturday.

A total of 2,437,670 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.

According to the census published Jan. 22, the agency had administered 19,107,959 doses of the vaccines and distributed 39,892,400 doses.

Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; edited by Diane Craft

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