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U.S. administers 101.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC – Metro US

U.S. administers 101.1 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 101,128,005 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 133,337,525 doses as of Friday 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 Friday, the agency said.

According to the tally posted on March 11, the agency had administered 98,203,893 doses of the vaccines and distributed 131,131,470 doses.

The agency said 65,965,305 people had received at least one dose, while 35,000,159 people were fully vaccinated.

A total of 7,499,822 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.

(Reporting by Amruta Khandekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Amy Caren Daniel)