Turkey reports 65,236 new COVID-19 cases

Turkey on Monday reported 65,236 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total tally of infections to 10,043,688, said the health ministry, reported Xinhua.

The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 141 to 83,843, while 38,242 more people recovered in the last 24 hours, said the ministry.

A total of 403,104 tests were conducted over the past day, it added.

Turkey started the mass COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 14, 2021 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.

More than 57.13 million people have received their first doses of the vaccine, while 51.93 million second doses. Turkey has so far administered more than 136.89 million doses including the third booster jabs.