U.S. administers 143 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
A nurse draws from a vial of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
The United States has administered 143,462,691 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Sunday morning and distributed 180,646,465 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday.
The tally is for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines as of 6 a.m. ET (1000 GMT) on Sunday, the agency said.
According to the tally posted on March 27, the agency had administered 140,180,735 doses of the vaccines and distributed 180,644,125 doses. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt.rs/3tUM8ta)
The agency said 93,631,163 people had received at least one dose while 51,593,564 people are fully vaccinated as of Sunday.
A total of 7,715,923 vaccine doses have been administered in long-term care facilities, the agency said.
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