US manages 41.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC

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FILE PHOTO: A health worker administers a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, USA, January 29, 2021. REUTERS / Mike Segar / File Photo

(Reuters) – The United States has administered 41,210,937 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 59,307,800 doses as of Sunday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday.

The number of vaccine doses is for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech as of 6 p.m. ET (1100 GMT) on Sunday, the agency said.

According to the census posted on Saturday, the county had administered 39,037,964 doses of vaccines and distributed 59,304,600 doses.

The agency said 31,579,100 people had received one or more doses, while 9,147,185 people received the second dose as of Sunday.

A total of 4,839,144 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.

Reporting by Sabahatjahan Contractor in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker

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