People wearing face masks are seen at a bus station in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 3, 2021. Turkey on Friday confirmed 22,857 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,458,630, according to its Health Ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 276 to 57,559, while 14,527 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)
ANKARA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Friday confirmed 22,857 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,458,630, according to its Health Ministry.
The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 276 to 57,559, while 14,527 more people recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 304,530 tests were conducted over the past day, it said.
Turkey started mass COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 14 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
More than 49.19 million people have received their first doses of vaccines, while over 37.97 million had their second doses. Turkey has so far administered over 96.37 million doses including third booster jabs. Enditem
People wearing face masks are seen at a bus station in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 3, 2021. Turkey on Friday confirmed 22,857 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,458,630, according to its Health Ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 276 to 57,559, while 14,527 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)
People wearing face masks are seen at a bus station in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 3, 2021. Turkey on Friday confirmed 22,857 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,458,630, according to its Health Ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 276 to 57,559, while 14,527 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)
People wearing face masks are seen at a bus station in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 3, 2021. Turkey on Friday confirmed 22,857 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 6,458,630, according to its Health Ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 276 to 57,559, while 14,527 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)
