Turkey registered 2,013 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday.
Some 1,507 more patients recovered over the past day, raising the count to 308,446, while the death toll rose by 68 to reach 9,513. A total of 117,943 more coronavirus tests were carried out across the country, bringing the total to 12.76 million.
“THE IMPORTANCE OF MASKS HAS INCREASED”
The figures showed that the number of patients in critical condition currently stands at 1,504, with 5.6% this week suffering from pneumonia.
Turkey’s health minister said Wednesday that he had consulted with health officials from some of the nation’s largest cities via videoconference about the struggle against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“In the meetings with [health officials in] IZMIR, GAZIANTEP, KAHRAMANMARAS, ESKISEHIR, DENIZLI, ADIYAMAN, AYDIN, we evaluated the point we have reached in combating the epidemic. There is an increase in cases across these 7 provinces and the country, especially in Istanbul. The importance of masks has increased. Let’s follow the rules,” Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, urging compliance with measures to curb the virus’s spread.