Turkey confirms 24,467 daily COVID-19 cases

Xinhua
26 Nov 2021, 01:14 GMT+10

ANKARA, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Thursday reported 24,467 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 8,676,639.

The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 222 to 75,840, and 29,639 people recovered in the last 24 hours, the Turkish Health Ministry said.

A total of 363,043 tests were conducted over the past day, it added.

Turkey started mass COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 14 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.

More than 56 million Turkish people have received their first dose of vaccine, and about 50 million had their second doses. Turkey has so far administered nearly 120 million doses including the booster jabs.

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