26 people have died from coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours in Turkey, rising the country’s death toll from the virus to 4,515, said Fahrettin Koca, Turkish Health Minister, on his Twitter account on Saturday.
Turkey has so far reported 163,103 confirmed coronavirus cases, an increase of 983 cases in the last 24 hours.
126,984 patients suffering from the disease have fully recovered from the infection and been discharged from hospital.
While 649 patients are being treated in intensive care unit, there are some 308 patients who are mechanically ventilated.
A total of 2,003,594 tests for coronavirus have so far been conducted in the country. (ILKHA)
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