ANKARA, Oct 15 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday confirmed 30,709 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 7,570,932, according to its health ministry.
The death toll from the virus rose by 203 to 67,044, while 26,461 people recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 362,217 tests were conducted over the past day, it said.
Turkey started mass COVID-19 vaccination on Jan 14, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
More than 54.73 million Turkish people have received their first doses of vaccines, while over 46.92 million have got their second doses. Turkey has so far administered over 113.41 million doses, including the booster jabs.– NNN-ANADOLU
