U.S. CDC says 41.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 20.5 million administered were distributed

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

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

The vaccine dose count is for both Modern and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines starting at 6:00 am ET on Saturday, the agency said.

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

A total of 2,437,670 doses of vaccine have been administered in long-term care centers, according to the agency.

According to the account released on January 22, the agency had administered 19,107,959 doses of the vaccines and had distributed 39,882,400 doses.

Reports of Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; edition by Diane Craft

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