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U.S. administers 98.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC – Metro US

U.S. administers 98.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC

COVID-19 vaccines are administered in Martinsburg, West Virginia
COVID-19 vaccines are administered in Martinsburg, West Virginia

(Reuters) – The United States has administered 98,203,893 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 131,131,470 doses as of Thursday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

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

According to the tally posted on March 10, the agency had administered 95,721,290 doses of the vaccines, and distributed 127,869,155 doses.

The agency said 64,071,674 people had received at least one dose, while 33,863,127 people were fully vaccinated.

A total of 7,473,597 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

(Reporting by Amruta Khandekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)