(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had delivered 72,806,180 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country on Saturday morning and that it dispensed 96,402,290 doses.
The count is for both the Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines from 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, the agency said. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines comprise two doses.
The CDC had reported a total of 70,454,064 doses of vaccines administered and 94,300,910 divided doses on Friday.
The agency said that as of Saturday, 48,435,536 people had received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 23,698,627 had received the two doses.
A total of 7,043,540 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care settings, the agency said.
Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler