Turkey on Sunday reported 8,424 new coronavirus cases, including 610 symptomatic patients.

Axar.az reports that the country's overall caseload thus crossed 2.7 million, including 28,569 related deaths, according to the Health Ministry.

While 66 died, as many as 6,511 patients won the battle against the disease, bringing the number of recoveries to over 2.57 million.

More than 33.175 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in Turkey to date, with 109,639 in the last 24 hours.

The latest figures show that the number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition dropped to 1,191.

Turkey began a mass COVID-vaccination campaign on Jan. 14, starting with healthcare workers along with top officials to encourage public confidence.