U.S.
administers 52.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, CDC says
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[February 15, 2021]
(Reuters) - The United States has
administered 52,884,356 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning
and delivered 70,057,800 doses, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said.
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The doses are for both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines as of 6
a.m. ET (1100 GMT) on Sunday, the agency said.
According to the tally posted on Saturday, the agency had
administered 50,641,884 doses of the vaccines.
The agency said 38,292,270 people had received one or more doses
while 14,077,440 people have received the second dose as of Sunday.
A total of 5,822,871 vaccine doses have been administered in
long-term care facilities, the agency said.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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