Compared to May, the rate of people in contact with coronavirus patients to turn into cases rises across Turkey by 1.3 times, Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
1,182 NEW INFECTIONS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
Turkey on Sunday confirmed 1,103 additional recoveries from the novel coronavirus, raising the tally to 223,759, according to Koca
The country registered 1,182 new infections of coronavirus, bringing the caseload to 240,804, he added.
Healthcare professionals conducted 61,446 tests for the disease in the same period, pushing the tally to over 5.26 million.
The pandemic has claimed over 728,000 lives in 188 countries and regions since it originated in China last December, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University.