ANKARA, Jul 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday confirmed 5,530 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,476,294, according to its health ministry.
The death toll from the virus rose by 37 to 50,192, while 5,217 more people recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 224,184 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 37.59 million people have received their first doses of the vaccine, while over 16.96 million had their second doses. Turkey has so far administered over 57.40 million doses, including booster jabs.– NNN-ANADOLU
