Turkey reports 66,237 new coronavirus cases, 141 more deaths

ISTANBUL

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 66,237 in the past 24 hours, and 141 more people have died, the Health Ministry announced on Jan. 8.

The ministry’s infographic said that some 34,592 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.

It also added that 418,264 tests were conducted over the past day.

The infographic also showed that Turkey has so far administered over 135.9 million doses since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January.   

More than 57.0 million people have received their first doses, while over 51.8 million have been fully vaccinated.

The number of people who have received their third COVID-19 vaccine doses crossed 21.4 million.