ANKARA, Nov 1 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s Presidential Spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin and Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu were tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday.
“I reached the final stage in the COVID-19 treatment, and I had it with mild symptoms. I’m fine right now,” Kalin tweeted earlier in the day.
Soylu and family are under treatment in a hospital, after being tested positive, the minister tweeted yesterday. They are under treatment on doctor’s advice, after feeling sick last Monday, according to Soylu.
Turkey reported 2,213 new COVID-19 patients yesterday, raising the tally in the country to 375,367.
In addition, 75 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 10,252, while 1,506 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 323,971, according to the Health Ministry.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is five percent, while the number of seriously ill patients is 2,075, the ministry said.
Turkey conducted 124,109 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 14,001,814.– NNN-ANADOLU
