ANKARA, July 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s COVID-19 cases increased by 1,003 on Friday, while the total cases climbed to 210,965, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said.
“The decrease in the number of newly diagnosed patients continued since June 25,” the minister tweeted.
Meanwhile, 23 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,323, Koca said.
Turkish health professionals conducted 48,787 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 3,881,410, he said.
A total of 1,493 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 191,883, since the outbreak, Koca said, noting that, 1,182 patients are being treated in intensive care units and 402 are intubated.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on Mar 11.– NNN-ANADOLU
