Turkey on Thursday confirmed 926 additional recoveries from the pandemic as the country began easing measures against the novel coronavirus, according to the health minister.
602 PATIENTS ARE IN INTENSIVE CARE
The total number of recoveries from the disease hit 131,778 as 926 more patients were discharged from hospitals over the past day, Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, citing the Health Ministry data.
Healthcare professionals conducted 54,234 tests for the virus in the past 24 hours, raising the total number to more than 2.2 million.
According to the test results, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country reached 167,410 with 988 new infections.
Currently, some 602 patients are being treated in intensive care, the ministry data showed.
