ANKARA, Feb 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey, yesterday, confirmed 7,901 new COVID-19 cases, including 620 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 2,516,889, according to its health ministry.
The death toll from the virus rose by 110 to 26,577, while the total recoveries climbed to 2,404,416, after 8,217 more cases recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 142,538 tests were conducted over the past day, with the overall number of tests in Turkey reaching 30,349,042.
The country started mass vaccination of health workers on Jan 14, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine. More than 2,589,000 people have been vaccinated so far.
Turkey reported its first COVID-19 case on Mar 11, 2020.– NNN-ANADOLU
