Turkey reported 1,509 more coronavirus cases and 1,207 recoveries on Saturday.
MORE THAN 8.42 MILLION TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED
The country’s overall infection count now stands at 289,635, including 257,731 recoveries, according to the Health Ministry’s data.
The coronavirus death toll in Turkey increased by 48 over the past day to reach 6,999.
A total of 98,326 more coronavirus tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, pushing the total up to over 8.42 million.
The number of patients in critical condition now stands at 1,241, the data showed. “The number of critical patients continues to rise. The power to beat the virus lies in our ability to fight it together,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a tweet.