Xinhua
31 Jul 2020, 00:48 GMT+10
ANKARA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Turkey confirmed 967 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total infections to 229,891, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
Meanwhile, 15 people died from the deadly respiratory virus in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,674, Koca tweeted.
Turkish health professionals conducted 43,236 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 4,754,331, he said.
A total of 982 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 213,539 in Turkey since the outbreak, Koca added.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on March 11.
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