Turkey reports over 3,600 new coronavirus cases

Turkey registered 3,668 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, official data showed on Wednesday.

The Health Ministry said 18 virus-related fatalities and 17,857 recoveries were also recorded over the past day, while 158,523 tests were done.

To counter the spread of the virus, Turkey has administered over 147.38 million COVID-19 vaccine doses since it launched an immunization drive in January 2021.

Over 57.8 million people have received a first jab, while more than 53 million are fully vaccinated.

Meanwhile, the global case tally topped 506.3 million, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University.

Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed more than 6.2 million lives in at least 192 countries and regions.