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Over 2.33B coronavirus vaccine shots given worldwide

Turkey ranks 10th with more than 33M jabs administered across country

Burak Dağ  | 12.06.2021 - Update : 13.06.2021
Over 2.33B coronavirus vaccine shots given worldwide

ANKARA

Over 2.33 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website, showed on Saturday.

China leads the global count with over 863.51 million jabs, followed by the US with 306.51 million.

India has administered 249.60 million shots, Brazil 76.76 million, the UK 70.25 million, Germany 59.04 million, France 43.20 million, Italy 41.31 million, Mexico 36.43 million.

Turkey ranks 10th on the list with over 33.05 million doses given, followed by, Spain, Russia, Indonesia, and Canada.

The country with the most doses administered by population is the East African island nation of Seychelles, with 139.51 doses per 100 people.

Most COVID-19 vaccines are administered in two doses, so the number of shots given is not the same as the number of individuals fully vaccinated.

Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 3.78 million lives in 192 countries and regions, with more than 175.31 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US Johns Hopkins University.

The US, India, and Brazil remain the worst-hit countries.​​​​​​​

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