Turkey confirmed 1,502 new coronavirus patients and 1,212 recoveries over the past 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.
WEARING OF MASKS WAS MANDATED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS LAST MONTH
The country’s overall count now stands at 335,533, including 294,357 recoveries, according to the Health Ministry. As many as 109,301 new tests were conducted in the said period, bringing the total to more than 11.6 million.
Meanwhile, the virus-linked death toll in Turkey reached 8,837, with 59 new fatalities.
The number of patients in critical condition now stands at 1,411, 6.2% of whom suffer from pneumonia.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca urged the public to comply with health measures. he tweeted.