58.3 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 36.8 mln administered: U.S. CDC
Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention said it had administered 36,819,212 doses of COVID-19vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed58,380,300 doses.
The tally of vaccine doses are for both Moderna andPfizer/BioNTech, vaccines as of 6:00 a.m. ETon Friday, the agency said.
According to the tally posted on Thursday, the agency hadadministered 35,203,710 doses of the vaccines, and distributed57,489,675 doses.
The agency said 28,909,497 people had received 1 or moredoses while 7,503,864 people have got the second dose as ofFriday.
A total of 4,210,027 vaccine doses have been administered inlong-term care facilities, the agency said.(Reporting by Vishwadha Chander in Bengaluru; Editing by AdityaSoni)