Mon 24 May 2021:
Over 1.67 billion coronavirus vaccine shots have been given worldwide, with Turkey among the top 10 countries for jabs given, figures compiled by Our World in Data, an online portal, showed on Monday.
China was the most-vaccinated country with 510.86 million jabs, according to the data, followed by the US with 285.72 million.
India has administered 191.72 million jabs, the UK 60.6 million, and Brazil 57.73 million. Germany has reported giving 44.4 million shots, France 32.6 million, and Italy 30.9 million.
The list continues with Turkey, which has administered more than 28 million jabs, followed by Mexico, Russia, and Indonesia.
The country with the most doses administered by population was the East African island nation of Seychelles, with 134.39 doses per 100 people.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 3.46 million lives in 192 countries and regions, with more than 167.22 million cases reported worldwide, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
The US, India, and Brazil remain the worst-hit countries in terms of the number of infections and deaths.
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