US CDC says 41.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 20.5 million administered

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Registered pharmacist fills a dead-volume syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site at William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York, USA, January 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer / Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they administered 20,537,990 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country on Saturday morning and distributed 41,411,550 doses.

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

The agency said 17,390,345 people received one or more doses, while 3,027,865 people received the second dose on Saturday.

A total of 2,437,670 doses of vaccine were administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

According to the count posted on January 22, the agency administered 19,107,959 doses of the vaccines and distributed 39,892,400 doses.

Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; edition by Diane Craft

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