Sept 13 (Reuters) – The United States administered nearly
600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the 24 hours through to
Monday morning, taking the overall total to 380.8 million, the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The agency said 209,701,005 people had received at least one
dose while 178,982,950 people are fully vaccinated as of 6 a.m.
ET on Monday.
The CDC tally includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna
and Pfizer/BioNTech ,, as
well as Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine.
About 1.82 million people received an additional dose of
either Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine since Aug. 13, when the U.S.
authorized a third dose of the vaccines for people with
compromised immune systems who are likely to have weaker
protection from the two-dose regimens.
(Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)
