Turkey‘s confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 21,692 in the past 24 hours, and 183 more people have died, the Health Ministry announced on Aug. 17.
The ministry’s infographic said that some 14,636 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.
It also added that 294,561 tests were conducted over the past day.
The infographic also showed that Turkey has so far administered over 85.5 million doses since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January.
More than 44.7 million people have received their first doses, while over 33.7 million have been fully vaccinated.
The number of people who have received their third COVID-19 vaccine doses crossed 7.0 million.
Hurriyet Daily News