Turkey confirmed 117 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 2,376.<\/p>\n
The total number of registered coronavirus reached 98,674, as 3,083 more people tested positive for the virus, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said at a news conference following Coronavirus Science Board meeting.<\/p>\n
So far, a total of 16,477 patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, with 1,559 discharged on Tuesday alone, the minister added.<\/p>\n
A total of 37,535 tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, with the total reaching 750,944.<\/p>\n
“As long as measures are followed, we do not expect a new wave of COVID-19 in Turkey,” he said, adding that with 2.3%, Turkey is among countries with the lowest death rates compared to number of positive cases.<\/p>\n
The rate of intubated coronavirus patients dropped from %58 to %10 in the country, he noted, stressing that this shows Turkey’s success in the treatment of the disease.<\/p>\n
“The gradual transition to the normalization process during and after the Eid-al-Fitr [the celebration after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan] depends on the strict implementation of the announced measures,” he added.<\/p>\n
Slamming the New York Times\u2019 claims on the number of death toll from COVID-19 in Istanbul, Koca said: “The story was built on hostility to Turkey. We have given all the information transparently to the WHO [World Health Organization], as it wants, and we continue to do so.”<\/p>\n
Koca also said the numbers of deaths from the virus continue to rise across the world, but in Turkey the situation is stable.<\/p>\n
After originating in China last December, COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, has spread to at least 185 countries and regions across the world. Europe and the US are currently the worst-hit regions.<\/p>\n
The pandemic has killed over 182,000 people, with total infections exceeding 2.61 million, while more than 706,600 have recovered from the disease, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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