HEALTH MINISTRY STATEMENT

Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll tops 19 thousand

The authorities in China have approved the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Turkey and the vaccines are set to be sent on December 27, says Health Minister Koca, adding that the vaccine has an effectiveness of 91.25 percent.

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Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll tops 19 thousand

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The Ministry of Health announced the latest figures on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Turkey yesterday (December 24).

While the daily number of new cases has been announced by the Ministry as 18,102, the number of patients has been announced as 3,218.

254 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Turkey in the last 24 hours. 33,985 people have recovered. The number of tests conducted in the last 24 hours has been announced as 195,675.

According to the figures announced till today, 23,225,837 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in Turkey so far. While the total number of cases is 2,100,712, the death toll has reached 19,115 people.

While 4,805 patients are reportedly in critical condition, the rate of COVID-19 patients with pneumonia has been announced as 4.1 percent. The total number of recoveries is reportedly 1,935,292.

According to the Ministry's figures, this week, the hospital bed occupancy rate is 50.8 percent, that of adult intensive care units is 68.2 percent and that of ventilators is 40 percent. The "COVID-19 Patient Table" also indicates that an average of 10 hours pass until the contacts of positive patients are detected and the rate of contact tracing (filiation) is 99.9 percent this week.

* Source: Health Ministry

'Sinovac's vaccines to be sent on Sunday'

On the other side, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca addressed the reporters after the Ministry's Coronavirus Science Board meeting yesterday.

As reported by the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), the authorities in China have approved the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Turkey and they are set to be sent this Sunday (December 27), according to Koca, who said that the vaccine has an effectiveness of 91.25 percent.

"With the evaluations of the Science Board, we are sure of the effect of the vaccine on people using it in our country. We are now confident that the vaccine is effective and safe for our people," he added.

Nearly 9 million people in Turkey are set to get vaccinated in the first stage, and coronavirus vaccinations could be given to some 1.5 million or even 2 million people daily, Minister Koca said further.

He also indicated that starting with healthcare professionals, people in the top three priority groups will be vaccinated in January, February, and March, or in April at the latest. "Together with health care professionals, I will be one of the first people to get the vaccine."

Turkey is planning to bring 4.5 million doses of BioNTech vaccine by the end of March, including some 1-1.5 million in January, he said.

The details of a contract for an optional vaccine of up to 30 million doses are to be signed tonight or tomorrow at the latest, he a.dded.

He pointed out that to date, 325 people per 1 million population in Germany, 789 in Sweden, 984 in the US, 994 in the UK died from coronavirus in Germany. "The number of fatalities per million population in Turkey has reached 216," he added. He also stressed that recently, countries such as the United Kingdom (UK) have been trying to explain the uncontrolled increase in cases by linking the mutation of the virus.

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Symptomatic 'patients', asymptomatic 'cases'

In his press conference on September 30, 2020, Health Minister Koca previously indicated that they did not add everyone who tested positive for COVID-19 to the number of daily patients and they considered only the ones who showed the symptoms as "patients."

Until July 29, 2020, the expression of "number of daily cases" was used on the Health Ministry's COVID-19 table. It was then understood that after this day, it had been changed into "number of daily patients."

CLICK - Turkey admits not disclosing number of all Covid-19 cases

However, following a meeting of the Coronavirus Science Board, Minister Koca announced that the number of asymptomatic cases would also be shared starting from November 25 "at the request of the people."

While the number of daily cases has been announced since November 26, the total number of cases has been announced since December 10.

CLICK - Turkey starts including asymptomatic cases in its daily count

Situation in the world

Since originating in China last December, COVID-19 has claimed over 1.74 million lives in 191 countries and regions. Over 79.32 million cases have been reported worldwide while over 44.66 million patients have recovered so far, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The US, Brazil, and India are still the worst-hit countries in terms of number of cases. While new restrictions are imposed ahead of the New Year's, especially across Europe, countries are approving and procuring vaccines to pave the way for the end of the pandemic.

Cases and deaths announced by Turkey

March 11: 1 case
March 13: 3 cases
March 14: 6 cases
March 15: 18 cases
March 16: 29 cases
March 17: 51 cases, 1 death
March 18: 93 cases, 1 death
March 19: 168 cases, 2 deaths (1,981 tests)
March 20: 311 cases, 5 deaths (3,656 tests)
March 21: 277 cases, 12 deaths (2,953 tests)
March 22: 289 cases, 9 deaths
March 23: 293 cases, 7 deaths (3,672 tests)
March 24: 343 cases, 7 deaths (3,952 tests)
March 25: 561 cases, 15 deaths (5,035 tests)
March 26: 1,196 cases, 16 deaths (7,286 tests)
March 27: 2,069 cases, 17 deaths (7,533 tests)
March 28: 1,704 cases, 16 deaths (7,641 tests)
March 29: 1,815 cases, 23 deaths (9,982 tests)
March 30: 1,610 cases, 37 deaths (11,535 tests)
March 31: 2,704 cases, 46 deaths (15,422 tests)

April 1: 2,148 cases, 63 deaths (14,396 tests)
April 2: 2,456 cases, 79 deaths (18,757 tests)
April 3: 2,786 cases, 69 deaths (16,160 tests)
April 4: 3,012 cases, 76 deaths (19,664 tests)
April 5: 3,015 cases, 73 deaths (20,065 tests)
April 6: 3,148 cases, 75 deaths (21,400 tests)
April 7: 3,892 cases, 76 deaths (20,023 tests)
April 8: 4,117 cases, 87 deaths (24,900 tests)
April 9: 4,056 cases, 96 deaths (28,578 tests)
April 10: 4,747 cases, 98 deaths (30,864 tests)
April 11: 5,138 cases, 95 deaths (33,170 tests)
April 12: 4,789 cases, 97 deaths (35,720 tests)
April 13: 4,093 cases, 98 deaths (34,456 tests)
April 14: 4,062 cases, 107 deaths (33,070 tests)
April 15: 4,281 cases, 115 deaths (34,090 tests)
April 16: 4,801 cases, 125 deaths (40,427 tests)
April 17: 4,353 cases, 126 deaths (40,270 tests)
April 18: 3,783 cases, 121 deaths (40,520 tests)
April 19: 3,977 cases, 127 deaths (35,344 tests)
April 20: 4,674 cases, 123 deaths (39,703 tests)
April 21: 4,611 cases, 119 deaths (39,429 tests)
April 22: 3,083 cases, 117 deaths (37,535 tests)
April 23: 3,116 cases, 115 deaths (40,962 tests)
April 24: 3,122 cases, 109 deaths (38,351 tests)
April 25: 2,861 cases, 106 deaths (38,308 tests)
April 26: 2,357 cases, 99 deaths (30,177 tests)
April 27: 2,131 cases, 95 deaths (20,143 tests)
April 28: 2,392 cases, 92 deaths (29,230 tests)
April 29: 2,936 cases, 89 deaths (43,498 tests)
April 30: 2,615 cases, 93 deaths (42,004 tests)

May 1: 2,188 cases, 84 deaths (41,431 tests)
May 2: 1,983 cases, 78 deaths (36,318 tests)
May 3: 1,670 cases, 61 deaths (24,001 tests)
May 4: 1,614 cases, 64 deaths (35,771 tests)
May 5: 1,832 cases, 59 deaths (33,283 tests)
May 6: 2,253 cases, 64 deaths (30,303 tests)
May 7: 1,977 cases, 57 deaths (30,395 tests)
May 8: 1,848 cases, 48 deaths (33,687 tests)
May 9: 1,546 cases, 50 deaths (35, 605 tests)
May 10: 1,152 cases, 47 deaths (36,187 tests)
May 11: 1,114 cases, 55 deaths (32,722 tests)
May 12: 1,704 cases, 53 deaths (37,351 tests)
May 13: 1,639 cases, 58 deaths (33,332 tests)
May 14: 1,635 cases, 55 deaths (34,821 tests)
May 15: 1,708 cases, 48 deaths (38,565 tests)
May 16: 1,610 cases, 41 deaths (42,236 tests)
May 17: 1,368 cases, 44 deaths (35,369 tests)
May 18: 1,158 cases, 33 deaths (25,141 tests)
May 19: 1,022 cases, 28 deaths (25,382 tests)
May 20: 972 cases, 22 deaths (20,838 tests)
May 21: 961 cases, 27 deaths (33,633 tests)
May 22: 961 cases, 27 deaths (37,507 tests)
May 23: 1,186 cases, 32 deaths (40,178 tests)
May 24: 1,141 cases, 32 deaths (24,589 tests)
May 25: 987 cases, 29 deaths (21,492 tests)
May 26: 948 cases, 28 deaths (19,853 tests)
May 27: 1,035 cases, 34 deaths (21,043 tests)
May 28: 1,182 cases, 30 deaths (33,559 tests)
May 29: 1,141 cases, 28 deaths (36,155 tests)
May 30: 983 cases, 26 deaths (39,230 tests)
May 31: 839 cases 25 deaths (35,600 tests)

June 1: 827 cases, 23 deaths (31,525 tests)
June 2: 786 cases, 22 deaths (32,325 tests)
June 3: 867 cases, 24 deaths (52,305 tests)
June 4: 988 cases, 21 deaths (54,234 tests)
June 5: 930 cases, 18 deaths (57,829 tests)
June 6: 878 cases, 21 deaths (35,846 tests)
June 7: 914 cases, 23 deaths (35,335 tests)
June 8: 989 cases, 19 deaths (39,361 tests)
June 9: 993 cases, 18 deaths (37,225 tests)
June 10: 922 cases, 22 deaths (36,521 tests)
June 11: 987 cases, 17 deaths (49,190 tests)
June 12: 1,195 cases, 15 deaths (41,013 tests)
June 13: 1,459 cases, 14 deaths (45,092 tests)
June 14: 1,562 cases, 15 deaths (45,176 tests)
June 15: 1,592 cases, 18 deaths (42,032 tests)
June 16: 1,467 cases, 17 deaths (46,800 tests)
June 17: 1,429 cases, 19 deaths (52,901 tests)
June 18: 1,304 cases, 21 deaths (48,412 tests)
June 19: 1,214 cases, 23 deaths (41,316 tests)
June 20: 1,248 cases, 22 deaths (41,112 tests)
June 21: 1,192 cases, 23 deaths (40,496 tests)
June 22: 1,212 cases, 24 deaths (41,413 tests)
June 23: 1,268 cases, 27 deaths (42,982 tests)
June 24: 1,492 cases, 24 deaths (53,486 tests)
June 25: 1458 cases, 21 deaths (52,303 tests)
June 26: 1,396 cases, 19 deaths (51,198 tests)
June 27: 1,372 cases, 17 deaths (45,213 tests)
June 28: 1,356 cases, 15 deaths (48,309 tests)
June 29: 1,374 cases, 18 deaths (51,014 tests)
June 30: 1,293 cases, 16 deaths (50,492 tests)

July 1: 1,192 cases, 19 deaths (52,313 tests)
July 2: 1,186 cases, 17 deaths (49,714 tests)
July 3: 1,172 cases, 19 deaths (52,141 tests)
July 4: 1,154 cases, 20 deaths (48,248 tests)
July 5: 1,148 cases, 19 deaths (46,414 tests)
July 6: 1,086 cases, 16 deaths (52,193 tests)
July 7: 1,053 cases, 19 deaths (50,545 tests)
July 8: 1,041 cases, 22 deaths (49,302 tests)
July 9: 1,024 cases, 18 deaths (50,103 tests)
July 10: 1,003 cases, 23 deaths (48,787 tests)
July 11: 1,016 cases, 21 deaths (48,813 tests)
July 12: 1,012 cases, 19 deaths (45,232 tests)
July 13: 1,008 cases, 19 deaths (46,492 tests)
July 14: 992 cases, 20 deaths (43,231 tests)
July 15: 947 cases, 17 deaths (42,320 tests)
July 16: 933 cases, 21 deaths (42,411 tests)
July 17: 926 cases, 18 deaths (41,215 tests)
July 18: 918 cases, 17 deaths (40,943 tests)
July 19: 924 cases, 16 deaths (41,310 tests)
July 20: 931 cases, 17 deaths (43,404 tests)
July 21: 928 cases, 18 deaths (42,846 tests)
July 22: 902 cases, 19 deaths (43,404 tests)
July 23: 913 cases, 18 deaths (43,343 tests)
July 24: 937 cases, 17 deaths (42,986 tests)
July 25: 921 cases, 16 deaths (43,312 tests)
July 26: 927 cases, 17 deaths (40,016 tests)
July 27: 919 cases, 17 deaths (45,283 tests)
July 28: 963 cases, 15 deaths (47,412 tests)
July 29: 942 patients, 14 deaths (45,712 tests)
July 30: 967 patients, 15 deaths (43,236 tests)
July 31: 982 patients, 17 deaths (46,492 tests)

August 1: 996 patients, 19 deaths (44,846 tests)
August 2: 987 patients, 18 deaths (40,287 tests)
August 3: 995 patients, 19 deaths (41,301 tests)
August 4: 1,083 patients, 18 deaths (46,249 tests)
August 5: 1,178 patients, 19 deaths (53,842 tests)
August 6: 1,153 patients, 14 deaths (54,494 tests)
August 7: 1,185 patients, 15 deaths (56,726 tests)
August 8: 1,172 patients, 16 deaths (63,842 tests)
August 9: 1,182 patients, 15 deaths (61,446 tests)
August 10: 1,193 patients, 14 deaths (62,219 tests)
August 11: 1,183 patients, 15 deaths (61,716 tests)
August 12: 1,212 patients, 18 deaths (67,237 tests)
August 13: 1,243 patients, 21 deaths (66,892 tests)
August 14: 1,226 patients, 22 deaths (70,192 tests)
August 15: 1,256 patients, 21 deaths (67,214 tests)
August 16: 1,192 patients, 19 deaths (65,956 tests)
August 17: 1,223 patients, 22 deaths (74,846 tests)
August 18: 1,263 patients, 20 deaths (82,318 tests)
August 19: 1,303 patients, 23 deaths (87,223 tests)
August 20: 1,412 patients, 19 deaths (92,301 tests)
August 21: 1,203 patients, 22 deaths (92,227 tests)
August 22: 1,309 patients, 22 deaths (93,007 tests)
August 23: 1,217 patients, 19 deaths (80,302 tests)
August 24: 1,443 patients, 18 deaths (95,943 tests)
August 25: 1,502 patients, 24 deaths (98,231 tests)
August 26: 1,313 patients, 20 deaths (100,109 tests)
August 27: 1,491 patients, 26 deaths (106,111 tests)
August 28: 1,517 patients, 36 deaths (107,814 tests)
August 29: 1,549 patients, 39 deaths (101, 414 tests)
August 30: 1,482 patients, 42 deaths (91,302 tests)
August 31: 1,587 patients, 44 deaths (110,102 tests)

September 1: 1,572 patients, 47 deaths (109,443 tests)
September 2: 1,596 patients, 45 deaths (107,927 tests)
September 3: 1,642 patients, 49 deaths (110,225 tests)
September 4: 1,612 patients, 53 deaths (117,113 tests)
September 5: 1,673 patients, 56 deaths (99,497 tests)
September 6: 1,578 patients, 53 deaths (96,842 tests)
September 7: 1,703 patients, 57 deaths (103,925 tests)
September 8: 1,761 patients, 52 deaths (110,565 tests)
September 9: 1,673 patients, 55 deaths (111,193 tests)
September 10: 1,512 patients, 58 deaths (107,702 tests)
September 11: 1,671 patients, 56 deaths (112,213 tests)
September 12: 1,509 patients, 48 deaths (98,326 tests)
September 13: 1,527 patients, 57 deaths (96,097 tests)
September 14: 1,716 patients, 63 deaths (112,563 tests)
September 15: 1,742 patients, 67 deaths (110,412 tests)
September 16: 1,771 patients, 63 deaths (112,645 tests)
September 17: 1,648 patients, 66 deaths (109,985 tests)
September 18: 1,771 patients, 62 deaths (111,113 tests)
September 19: 1,538 patients, 68 deaths (97,416 tests)
September 20: 1,519 patients, 61 deaths (95,321 tests)
September 21: 1,743 patients, 68 deaths (112,942 tests)
September 22: 1,692 patients, 65 deaths (114,311 tests)
September 23: 1,767 patients, 72 deaths (112,102 tests)
September 24: 1,721 patients, 74 deaths (113,317 tests)
September 25: 1,665 patients, 73 deaths (112,.885 tests)
September 26: 1,511 patients, 71 deaths (102,009 tests)
September 27: 1,467 patients, 68 deaths (101,119 tests)
September 28: 1,412 patients, 65 deaths (115,523 tests)
September 29: 1,427 patients, 68 deaths (114,940 tests)
September 30: 1,391 patients, 65 deaths (112,098 tests)

October 1: 1,407 patients, 67 deaths (113,546 tests)
October 2: 1,442 patients, 63 deaths (114,857 tests)
October 3: 1,502 patients, 59 deaths (103,219 tests)
October 4: 1,429 patients, 57 deaths (104,402 tests)
October 5: 1,603 patients, 57 deaths (115,632 tests)
October 6: 1,511 patients, 55 deaths (112,421 tests)
October 7: 1,581 patients, 56 deaths (116,608 tests)
October 8: 1,615 patients, 58 deaths (117,101 tests)
October 9: 1,629 patients, 55 deaths (115,295 tests)
October 10: 1,649 patients, 56 deaths (115,295 tests)
October 11: 1,502 patients, 59 deaths (109,301 tests)
October 12: 1,614 patients, 58 deaths (115,605 tests)
October 13: 1,632 patients, 62 deaths (114,992 tests)
October 14: 1,671 patients, 57 deaths (115,328 tests)
October 15: 1,693 patients, 66 deaths (116,103 tests)
October 16: 1,812 patients, 73 deaths (117,005 tests)
October 17: 1,723 patients, 71 deaths (112,131 tests)
October 18: 1,815 patients, 72 deaths (101,403 tests)
October 19: 2,026 patients, 75 deats (116,249 tests)
October 20: 1,894 patients, 74 deaths (116,565 tests)
October 21: 2,013 patients, 68 deaths (117,943 tests)
October 22: 2,102 patients, 71 deaths (117,198 tests)
October 23: 2,165 patients, 74 deaths (115,979 tests)
October 24: 2,091 patients, 69 deaths (113,427 tests)
October 25: 2,017 patients, 72 deaths (112,215 tests)
October 26: 2,198 patients, 75 deaths (132,913 tests)
October 27: 2,209 patients, 76 deaths (127,651 tests)
October 28: 2,305 patients, 77 deaths (128,312 tests)
October 29: 2,319 patients, 72 deaths (134,416 tests)
October 30: 2,322 patients, 78 patients (136,525 tests)
October 31: 2,213 patients, 75 deaths (124,109 tests)

November 1: 2,106 patients, 74 deaths (123,343 tests)
November 2: 2,302 patients, 76 deaths (139,103 tests)
November 3: 2,343 patients, 79 deaths (146,247 tests)
November 4: 2,391 patients, 77 deaths (144,416 tests)
November 5: 2,311 patients, 81 deaths (146,028 tests)
November 6: 2,436 patients, 83 deaths (145,241 tests)
November 7: 2,483 patients, 81 deaths (139,675 tests)
November 8: 2,516 patients, 84 deaths (141,944 tests)
November 9: 2,576 patients, 85 deaths (145,411 tests)
November 10: 2,529 patients, 87 deaths (146,198 tests)
November 11: 2,693 patients, 86 deaths (145,989 tests)
November 12: 2,841 patients, 88 deaths (148,482 tests)
November 13: 3,045 patients, 93 deaths (149,942 tests)
November 14: 3,116 patients, 92 deaths (150,141 tests)
November 15: 3,223 patients, 89 deaths (142,496 tests)
November 16: 3,316 patients, 94 deaths (151,516 tests)
November 17: 3,819 patients, 103 deaths (156,692 tests)
November 18: 4,215 patients, 116 deaths (158,811 tests)
November 19: 4,542 patients, 123 deaths (157,756 tests)
November 20: 5,103 patients, 141 deaths (156,642 tests)
November 21: 5,532 patients, 135 deaths (152,214 tests)
November 22: 6,017 patients, 139 deaths (155,516 tests)
November 23: 6,713 patients, 153 deaths (161,125 tests)
November 24: 7,381 patients, 161 deaths (162,231 tests)
November 25: 28,351 cases, 6,814 patients, 168 deaths (164,547 tests)
November 26: 29,132 cases, 6,876 patients, 174 deaths (168,348 tests)
November 27: 29,845 cases, 6,592 patients, 177 deaths (171,113 tests)
November 28: 30,103 cases, 6,714 patients, 182 deaths (174,443 tests)
November 29: 29,281 cases, 6,439 patients, 185 deaths (168,212 tests)
November 30: 31,219 cases, 6,514 patients, 188 deaths (176,656 tests)

December 1: 30,110 cases, 6,101 patients, 190 deaths (180,312 tests)
December 2: 31,923 cases, 6,690 patients, 193 deaths (183,624 tests)
December 3: 32,381 cases, 6,511 patients, 187 deaths (187,518 tests)
December 4: 32,736 cases, 6,903 patients, 193 deaths (194,435 tests)
December 5: 31,896 cases, 6,128 patients, 196 deaths (178,903 tests)
December 6: 30,402 cases, 6,093 patients, 195 deaths (174,761 tests)
December 7: 32,137 cases, 6,420 patients, 203 deaths (196,902 tests)
December 8: 33,198 cases, 6,593 patients, 211 deaths (201,219 tests)
December 9: 31,712 cases, 6,213 patients, 217 deaths (204,411 tests)
December 10: 30,424 cases, 5,918 patients, 220 deaths (206,202 tests)
December 11: 32,106 cases, 5,607 patients, 226 deaths (208,873 tests)
December 12: 29,136 cases, 5,203 patients, 222 deaths (189,065 tests)
December 13: 26,919 cases, 5,103 patients, 218 deaths (181,199 tests)
December 14: 29,617 cases, 5,064 patients, 229 deaths (204,289 tests)
December 15: 32,102 cases, 5,105 patients, 235 deaths (206,190 tests)
December 16: 29,718 cases, 4,893 patients, 240 deaths (205,397 tests)
December 17: 27,515 cases, 4,209 patients, 243 deaths (206,102 tests)
December 18: 26,410 cases, 4,103 patients, 246 deaths (205,809 tests)
December 19: 22,195 cases, 4,002 patients, 241 deaths (173,132 tests)
December 20: 20,316 cases, 3,546 patients, 246 deaths, (158,892 tests)
December 21: 19,103 cases, 3,412 patients, 254 deaths (196,110 tests)
December 22: 19,256 cases, 3,309 patients, 251 deaths (192,316 tests)
December 23: 19,650 cases, 3,192 patients, 259 deaths (202,209 tests)
December 24: 18,102 cases, 3,218 patients, 254 deaths (195,675 tests)