Turkey is going through the second peak of the first wave of the novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a news conference, Fahrettin Koca said a total of 29,865 health workers have so far contracted the virus and 52 of them lost their lives.
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As many as 1,596 more virus cases were reported in the country over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall count to 273,301.
Koca also said 947 more patients recovered over the past day, raising the total number of recoveries to 246,876.
A total of 107,927 more coronavirus tests were done over the past 24 hours, pushing the total up to over 7.35 million.
The health minister said the capital Ankara has the highest number of confirmed cases in Turkey. The total number of cases in the city is two times more than the number of cases in Istanbul, he added.