(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they administered 32,780,860 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country on Tuesday morning and distributed 52,657,675 doses.
Vaccine dose counts are for Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, vaccines starting at 6:00 am ET on Tuesday, the agency said.
According to the record released on Monday, the agency administered 32,222,402 doses of the vaccines and distributed 49,936,450 doses.
The agency said 26,440,836 people received 1 or more doses, while 6,064,792 people received the second dose on Tuesday.
A total of 3,851,460 doses of vaccine have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.
(Reporting by Vishwadha Chander in Bengaluru)
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