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U.S. administers 145.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC – Metro US

U.S. administers 145.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC

The first members of the Hassebroek family are vaccinated in
The first members of the Hassebroek family are vaccinated in New York

(Reuters) – The United States has administered 145,812,835 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Monday morning and distributed 180,646,565 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.

The tally is for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Monday, the agency said.

According to the tally posted on March 28, the agency had administered 143,462,691 doses of the vaccines and distributed 180,646,465 doses.

The agency said 95,015,762 people had received at least one dose while 52,614,231 people are fully vaccinated as of Monday.

A total of 7,718,036 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)