The USA administers 63.1 million doses of COVID-19: CDC vaccines

ARCHIVE PHOTO: A man receives coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19) at the LA Mission homeless shelter in Skid Row, Los Angeles, California, USA, February 10, 2021. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson / Stock photo

(Reuters) – The United States administered 63,090,634 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday morning and delivered 75,204,965 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Vaccine dose counts are for Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines starting at 6:00 am Eastern time on Sunday, the agency said.

According to the count released on February 20, the agency administered 61,289,500 doses of the vaccines and distributed 79,128,495 doses.

The agency said 43,628,092 people received one or more doses, while 18,865,319 people received a second dose on Sunday.

A total of 6,519,848 doses of vaccine were administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Edition of Daniel Wallis

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