US CDC Says 41.4 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Distributed, 20.5 Million Administered

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A licensed pharmacist fills a dead volume syringe with COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in the William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York, United States, January 23, 2021. Mary Altaffer / Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it administered 20,537,990 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country on Saturday morning and distributed 41,411,550 doses.

The vaccine dose count is for both Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines at 6:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, the agency said.

The agency said 17,390,345 people received one or more doses, while 3,027,865 people received the second dose on Saturday.

A total of 2,437,670 doses of the vaccine were administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

According to the count posted on January 22, the agency had administered 19,107,959 doses of vaccines and distributed 39,892,400 doses.

Report by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru; edited by Diane Craft

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