More than 6 million consumers have purchased health care coverage in Obamacare’s federal exchanges, the administration said Tuesday.

Out of the 6.4 million total as of Dec. 19, nearly 2 million of them gained coverage for the first time. The government data includes sign-ups through Healthcare.gov and not from state exchanges. PPACA’s state exchanges have reported about 1 million signups so far.

The tally is a big jump from the 2.5 million figure reported last week.

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