ANKARA, Oct 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey reported 1,511 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total tally in the country to 327,557.
In addition, 55 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,553, while 1,229 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 287,599, according to the Health Ministry.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 6.2 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 1,414, the ministry said.
Turkish health professionals conducted 112,421 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 11,044,338.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on Mar 11.– NNN-ANADOLU
