Turkey on Thursday registered 22,261 new COVID-19 cases, leading its tally of infections to cross the 6-million mark, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
The tally of coronavirus infections in Turkey climbed to 6,018,485, the Turkish Health Ministry said.
The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 138 to 52,703, while 15,685 more people recovered in the last 24 hours, said the ministry.
A total of 281,535 tests were conducted over the past day, it said.
Turkey started its mass COVID-19 vaccination on Jan. 14 after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.
More than 43.31 million people have received their first doses of the vaccine, while over 31.81 million had their second doses. Turkey has so far administered over 81.48 million doses, including the third booster jabs.