U.S. distributes over 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC  says  4,225,756 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.

The tally of vaccine doses distributed and the number of people who received the first dose are for both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech, vaccines,  the agency said.

According to the tally posted on December 30, the agency had administered 2,794,588 first doses of the vaccines and distributed 12,409,050 doses.

A total of 2,217,025 vaccine doses were distributed for use on long-term care facilities and 282,740 people in the facilities got their first dose, the agency said.

The agency also reported 20,061,818 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 168,637 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 2,428 to 346,925.

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus.

The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.