Number of new COVID-19 cases in Turkey at stable levels: Health Minister

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Turkey is the same as the past few days' average, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on July 26, when some 927 new patients were diagnosed.

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Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on July 26 that the number of new COVID-19 cases was around the same as the past few days' average with 927 new diagnoses.

While some 17 COVID-19 patients passed away on July 26, the total number of deaths from the illness reached 5,613.

"As the number of patients receiving intensive care, intubated or under risk is about the same, so the number of deaths are close," Koca said in a tweet.

Some 1,010 patients completed COVID-19 treatment on July 26, bringing the number of total recoveries to 209,487.

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