The US has administered 183.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC says

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(Reuters) – The United States had administered 183,467,709 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 237,791,735 doses as of Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Those numbers are higher than the 178,837,781 doses the CDC said were administered on April 9, out of the 233,591,955 doses delivered.

The agency said 117,142,879 people received at least one dose, while 70,692,645 people were fully vaccinated on Saturday.

The CDC count includes the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, as well as the Johnson & Johnson one-time vaccine from 6 a.m. EDT Saturday.

A total of 7,764,006 vaccine doses have been administered in U.S. long-term care facilities, the agency said.

Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru; Editing by Paul Simao

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