Turkey Registers Record Daily COVID-19 Cases As Omicron Spreads
ANKARA, Jan 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported, 68,413 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily figure since the outbreak, raising its tally to 9,787,274, according to its health ministry.
The number of daily cases in the country has about doubled since early Jan, as the Omicron variant rapidly increases.
The death toll from the virus rose by 156 to 83,231, while 25,502 more people recovered in the last 24 hours.
A total of 418,823 tests were conducted over the past day, the ministry said.