ANKARA, Feb 1 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported 6,562 new COVID-19 cases, including 641 symptomatic patients, as the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 2,477,463.
The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 128 to 25,993, while total recoveries climbed to 2,362,415, after 7,006 more cases recovered, in the last 24 hours, according to the Turkish Health Ministry.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients stood at 4.7 percent, and the number of seriously ill patients was 1,634, said the ministry.
A total of 136,418 tests were conducted in the past day, with the overall number of tests in Turkey reaching 29,631,422.
The country started mass vaccination of its health workers on Jan 14, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine. More than 1,986,000 people have been vaccinated in Turkey as of yesterday.
Turkey reported its first COVID-19 case on Mar 11, 2020.– NNN-ANADOLU
