59.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 39 million administered: US CDC

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SHEET PHOTO: An agricultural worker is inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine while health professionals go out to the farming community to administer vaccines during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mecca, California, USA, on 1 February 2021. REUTERS / Mike Blake

(Reuters) – U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered since Saturday morning.

Forecasts are for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, vaccines starting at 6:00 am ET on Saturday, the agency said.

According to its account released Friday, the agency had administered 36,819,212 doses of vaccines and distributed 58,380,300 doses.

The agency said 30,250,964 people had received 1 or more doses, while 8,317,180 people had received the second dose as of Saturday.

A total of 4,628,962 doses of vaccine have been administered in long-term care centers, according to the agency.

Report by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Edited by Dan Grebler

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