Covid-19: No 'very high risk' provinces left in Turkey, says minister

Map: Ministry of Health

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Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has announced that no provinces remain in the "red" category, which indicates "very high risk" for Covid-19.

"It's good to finish the job as well as start it. Greetings and love from 80 provinces to you, Şanlıurfa," he said on Twitter today (August 27). Urfa was the last remaining province in the red category.

Koca's statement comes as Turkey experiences the fourth peak of the pandemic, averaging 19,361 cases per day and 225 deaths over the past week.

SON DAKİKA MESAJI: Türkiye Covid-19 Risk Haritasında Kırmızı il kalmadı. İşi başlatmak kadar bitirmek de çok güzel. 80 ilden sana selamlar, sevgiler Şanlıurfa!

— Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) August 26, 2021

In the risk map of the Ministry of Health, very high-risk provinces are labeled red, high-risk provinces are labeled orange, medium risk provinces are labeled yellow and low-risk provinces are labeled blue.

İstanbul, the largest province of the country is currently in the medium-risk category while most provinces in the country's north and west are labeled blue.

So far, 47.24 million people have received at least one dose, 36.14 million people have received two doses and 8.16 million people have received three doses of the coronavirus vaccine in Turkey.

A total of 91.08 million doses were administered. 76.12 percent of the country's adult population received at least one dose and 58.23 percent have received two doses. (TP/VK)