The U.S. has administered 183.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, CDC says

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(Reuters) – The United States had administered 183,467,709 doses of COVID-19 vaccines and distributed 237,791,735 doses as of Saturday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

These figures are higher than the 178,837,781 doses the CDC said were administered on April 9 of the 233,591,955 doses delivered.

The agency said 117,142,879 people had received at least one dose, while 70,692,645 people had been fully vaccinated since Saturday.

The CDC count includes the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, as well as the unique Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting at 6 a.m. EDT on Saturday.

A total of 7,764,006 doses of vaccine have been administered at long-term care centers in the United States, the agency said.

Contractor Sabahatjahan reports in Bengaluru; Edited by Paul Simao

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