 U.S.
administers 228.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
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[April 26, 2021]
(Reuters) - The United States had
administered 228,661,408 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning
and distributed 290,692,005 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention said.
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 That is an increase from the 225,640,460 vaccine doses the CDC said
had been administered by April 24 out of 290,685,655 doses
delivered.
The agency said 139,978,480 people had received at least one dose
while 94,772,329 people had been fully vaccinated as of Sunday.
The CDC tally includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech,
and Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine as of 6 a.m. ET Sunday.
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 Top U.S. health regulators said
the country can immediately resume use of
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, ending a
10-day pause to investigate its link to
extremely rare but potentially deadly blood
clots.
A total of 7,791,490 vaccine doses have been
administered in long-term care facilities, the
agency said.
(Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru;
Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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