Covid-19: Ministry announces 185 deaths for Turkey, İstanbul's count stands at 173
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The Health Ministry reported 185 new deaths of coronavirus yesterday (November 29), bringing the country's official death toll to 13,558.
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, on the other hand, announced that 173 people in the city died of an "infectious disease" in a day.
As the ministry figures have been disputed by medical organizations, the İstanbul municipality, which is led by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has been announcing the city's daily death toll since November 22.
The death figures announced by the Health Ministry for the entire country and the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality for the city:November 22 Ministry: 139 - IMM:186 |
The Health Ministry registered 29,281 more Covid-19 infections with 6,439 symptomatic cases. The new symptomatic cases raised the overall count to 494,351.
The ministry started announcing the number of asymptomatic infections on November 25.
Previously, it was only announcing the number of symptomatic cases, or what it called "patients," Minister Fahrettin Koca admitted in late September amid growing suspicion on the accuracy of the official figures.
The ministry also reported a total of 400,242 coronavirus recoveries with 4,015 new additions over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry data.
More than 168,200 coronavirus tests were conducted across the country since Saturday, bringing the total to over 18.41 million.
The number of patients in critical condition now stands at 5,011.
"The number of seriously ill patients continues to increase. Support our health care professionals who efficiently bear this burden. Add strength to this fight by better following the measures," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.45 million lives in 191 countries and regions since last December.
Over 62.44 million cases have been reported worldwide, with more than 39.97 million recoveries, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University.
While the US, India, and Brazil remain the worst-hit countries in terms of the number of cases, Europe is in the grip of a devastating second wave of infections.
Figures announced by the Health Ministry since the start of the outbreak:
(RT/VK)