Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases fall below 1,000 for 1st time in over a month

15 July 2020 14:10 (UTC+04:00)

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Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 1,000 for the first time in over a month with 992 new patients registered in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed Tuesday, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah.

"We are below 1,000 again. (For) the first time in 33 days. The number of new cases that was 987 on June 11, increased to 1,195 the next day. We don't know (what will happen) tomorrow right now. What we know is that we will see the results of the measures we are taking in about seven days," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted.

The country's coronavirus death toll increased by 20, reaching 5,402.

Meanwhile, 1,049 more COVID-19 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 196,720.