ANKARA, Aug 4 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey reported 995 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the total diagnosed cases to 233,851, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said.
Meanwhile, 19 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,747, Koca tweeted.
Turkish health professionals conducted 41,301 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 4,927,217, he said.
A total of 1,003 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 217,497, since the outbreak, Koca added.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 8.4 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 580, he stated.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on Mar 1.– NNN-ANADOLU
