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

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FILE PHOTO: A farm worker is inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine as health professionals travel to the farming community to administer vaccines during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mecca, California, USA, February 1, 2021. REUTERS / Mike Blake

(Reuters) – The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses were administered as of Saturday morning.

The counts are for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech, vaccines at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, the agency said.

According to its count 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 received 1 or more dose, while 8,317,180 people received the second dose on Saturday.

A total of 4,628,962 doses of the vaccine were administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Edited by Dan Grebler

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