70 percent coronavirus patients have recovered to date, says minister
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said that approximately 70 percent of people who contracted the novel coronavirus in Turkey have recovered. The total number of recoveries is at 98,889, Koca said on May 12.
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Turkey’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by 53 to total 3,894 and new confirmed cases rose by 1,704 to bring the country’s total to 141,475, Health Ministry data showed on May 12.
The total number of recoveries from coronavirus is now nearly 99,000, or 70 percent of total confirmed cases in the country, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
"The increase in the number of new cases is within predictable limits. Some 70 percent of total cases have recovered," Koca wrote on Twitter.
A total of 37,351 tests were done in the country over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests to over 1.4 million, Koca said.
The minister once again stressed the importance of social distancing and using masks and urged the public to continue to avoid crowded places.