ANKARA, Dec 9 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s health ministry announced 20,874 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total number of infections to 8,964,711.
The number of people who died as a result of the virus in Turkey has risen by 192 to 78,407, with 29,883 more people recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 356,254 tests were conducted in the past day, the ministry said.
Turkey began mass COVID-19 vaccination on Jan 14, after Turkish authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
More than 56 million Turkish people have received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while nearly 51 million have got their second doses. Turkey has so far administered about 121.27 million doses, including the booster jabs.– NNN-ANADOLU
