U.S. administers over 420 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC

A nurse prepares a Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination as part of a vaccine drive by the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians in Arleta, Los Angeles © Reuters/LUCY NICHOLSON A nurse prepares a Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus disorder (COVID-19) vaccination as a part of a vaccine drive with the aid of the Fernandeno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians in Arleta, la

(Reuters) - the U.S. has administered 420,657,683 doses of COVID-19 vaccines within the country as of Saturday morning and dispensed 518,701,225 doses, the U.S. centers for ailment handle and Prevention said.

these figures are up from the 419,020,753 vaccine doses the CDC pointed out had long past into palms by Oct. 29 out of 514,925,015 doses delivered.

The agency mentioned 221,221,467 americans had received as a minimum one dose whereas 192,244,927 americans were utterly vaccinated as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Saturday.

The CDC tally includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech, in addition to Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine.

About 17.7 million individuals have acquired a booster dose of either Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. Booster doses from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson had been approved by way of the U.S. fitness regulator on Oct. 20.

(Reporting through Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; editing through Sonya Hepinstall)

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