Turkey’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 19,944 in the past 24 hours, and 168 more people have died, the Health Ministry announced on Aug. 18.
The ministry’s infographic said that some 15,537 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.
It also added that 295,206 tests were conducted over the past day.
The infographic also showed that Turkey has so far administered over 86.4 million doses since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January.
More than 45.0 million people have received their first doses, while over 34.1 million have been fully vaccinated.
The number of people who have received their third COVID-19 vaccine doses crossed 7.1 million.
Hurriyet Daily News