Health Ministry reports over 32,000 new cases, 193 deaths while İstanbul registers 209 fatalities

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The Health ministry has registered 32,736 more coronavirus infections, including 6,903 symptomatic patients, for the past 24 hours.

The new symptomatic cases raised the overall patient count to 527,070.

The country's official death toll rose to 14,509, with 193 additions while the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality reported 209 deaths for the city alone.

Amid growing suspicion about the accuracy of the official figures, the municipality has been publishing the deaths caused by "an infectious disease" in the city since November 22.

• Figures registered by the Health Ministry and the İstanbul Municipality

The number of daily cases in Turkey has been among the world's top five since the Ministry of Health announced that it started including asymptomatic cases in its daily count on November 25.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday (November 30) announced new measures, including weeknight and weekend curfews, as the pandemic worsens.

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As many as 4,811 patients recovered in the last day, bringing the tally to 423,142.

More than 194,000 Covid-19 tests were conducted across the country, pushing the total to over 19.33 million.

The number of patients in critical condition now stands at 5,703.

"The most contagious environment these days are closed and crowded places. Do not stay in crowded indoor places. Protect both yourself and your loved ones," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca wrote on Twitter.

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.51 million lives in 191 countries and regions since last December.

Over 65.43 million cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 42.1 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University.

• All figures announced by the ministry since the start of the outbreak

(EKN/VK)