ANKARA, Apr 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported 43,301 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,703 symptomatic patients, as the total number of positive cases in the country reached 4,710,582, according to the health ministry.
The death toll from the virus rose by 346 to 39,057, while the total recoveries climbed to 4,167,263, after 45,592 more cases recovered, in the last 24 hours.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients stands at 2.4 percent, and the number of seriously ill patients is 3,549, in the country, said the ministry.
A total of 282,192 tests were conducted over the past day, with the overall number of tests in Turkey reaching 46,435,343.
Turkey started mass vaccination against COVID-19 on Jan 14, after the authorities approved the emergency use of the Chinese CoronaVac vaccine.
More than 13,458,000 people have been vaccinated so far.
Turkey reported its first COVID-19 case on Mar 11, 2020.– NNN-ANADOLU
