Turkey on Thursday confirmed 1,186 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total tally over 200,000, according to the country’s health minister.
A TOTAL OF 202,284 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR
Citing the Health Ministry data, Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that a total of 1,543 more coronavirus patients recovered in Turkey over the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number to 176,965.
Turkey registered 1,186 new infections in the past day and the total number of cases nationwide reached 202,284, showed the data.
Healthcare professionals conducted over 49,714 tests for the disease in the past day, raising the total count to over 3.48 million.
Koca stressed that the highest number of confirmed cases are seen in Istanbul, Ankara, Gaziantep, Konya, and Bursa provinces of the country.