US administers 105.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC

(Reuters) – The United States has administered 105,703,501 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 135,846,665 doses as of Saturday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The count is for the Moderna, Pfizer / BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson vaccines from 6:00 a.m.ET on Saturday, the agency said.

According to the census published March 12, the agency had administered 101,128,005 doses of the vaccines and distributed 133,337,525 doses.

The agency said 68,884,011 people had received at least one dose, while 36,929,777 people had been fully vaccinated.

A total of 7,538,985 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.

Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis

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