Dilara Hamit, Ali Murat Alhas
11 October 2021•Update: 11 October 2021
ANKARA
Turkey has administered over 112.64 million doses of coronavirus vaccines since it launched a nationwide immunization drive in January, according to official figures released on Monday.
More than 54.56 million people have been given a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while around 46.43 million have been fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said.
Turkey has also given third booster shots to more than 10.77 million people.
Separately, the ministry also recorded 30,563 new cases, 188 coronavirus-related deaths, and 33,861 recoveries over the last 24 hours.
As many as 355,015 virus tests were conducted in the past day.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 4.85 million lives in at least 192 countries and regions, with more than 238 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US' Johns Hopkins University.
