ANKARA, Sept 15 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey does not see any slow down in transmission rate of the COVID-19, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said.
“There is no slowing down in the rate of transmission of the infection,” Koca tweeted.
Turkey confirmed 1,716 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the total diagnosed patients to 292,878, the Turkish Health Ministry said.
Meanwhile, 63 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,119, according to the data shared by the ministry.
A total of 1,225 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 260,058, since the outbreak.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 7.1 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 1,301.
Turkish health professionals conducted 112,563 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 8,632,123.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on Mar 11.– NNN-ANADOLU
