Nearly 111M COVID vaccine jabs administered in Turkey to date

ANKARA

Turkey has administered over 110.74 million coronavirus vaccine jabs since the country launched an immunization drive in January, according to official figures released on Monday.

More than 54.14 million people have been given a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while around 45.25 million are fully vaccinated, the Health Ministry said.

According to the data, some 87.22% of Turkey's adult population has now received at least one dose of a two-shot vaccine.

Turkey has also given third booster shots to more than 10.53 million people.

The ministry recorded 28,810 new coronavirus cases, 248 fatalities, and 33,152 recoveries over the past 24 hours.

As many as 352,214 virus tests were done in the past day.

Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 4.8 million lives in at least 192 countries and regions, with more than 235.17 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US’ Johns Hopkins University.