ANKARA
Turkey has administered more than 27. 28 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since launching a mass vaccination crusade on Jan. 14, according to official figures.
As of Thursday afternoon, a total of 27,283,562 doses had been administered in Turkey, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
In total, more than 15. 61 million people have received their first doses, while more than 11. 66 million have been fully vaccinated.
The ministry also confirmed a total of 9,271 new cases, less than 10,000 new COVID-19 daily cases for the first time since March 1.
The country has shown 856 symptomatic patients across the country in the last 24 hours.
Turkey’s overall case tally is now over 5.16 million, while the nationwide death toll reached 45,626, with 207 more fatalities over the past day.
Another 9,271 patients have won the war against the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to more than 4. 98 million.
Over 51.73 million coronavirus tests have been done to date, including 219,192 since Wednesday.
The latest figures show that the number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition stands at 2,041.
Turkey started a gradual normalization process on Monday from a 17-day lockdown after the measures led to a drop in cases nationwide.
Until June 1, the country will enforce weeknight curfews from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., while weekends will be under full lockdown.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 3.41 million lives in 192 countries and regions, with nearly 165 million cases reported worldwide, according to figures compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University.
The United States, India and Brazil are the countries most affected in terms of number of infections.