Turkey reported 31,896 more coronavirus patients, including 6,128 symptomatic patients, over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry data released on Saturday.
The country registered 4,100 more recoveries over the past day, bringing the tally to 427,242.
NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN CRITICAL CONDITION STANDS AT 5,800
The new symptomatic cases raised the overall patient count to 533,198, while the death toll rose to 14,705, with 196 additions. Nearly 179,000 coronavirus tests were conducted across the country, pushing the total to over 19.51 million.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that the curfews announced in the country last week only aim to protect public health.
“All of us should do our part and apply our own restrictions,” Koca said, urging people to stay away from closed and crowded areas.
He said that they evaluated the situation in the Turkish metropolitan city of Istanbul with provincial health directors and chief physicians, like they do every week. “With efforts and measures over the last month, a 25% decrease in case number is started to be seen this week,” he said, and added, however, burden on the intensive care units is ongoing.
