Minister: Covid-19 cases on the rise across Turkey

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The novel coronavirus cases are once again on the rise across Turkey, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca has said.

Speaking at a news conference during his visit to the western Bursa province, he stressed that the number of Covid-19 infections has been climbing again across the country.

Koca said he is planning for a visit to Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul where 40 percent of overall infections in the country have been recorded.

Bursa province has also been through a critical condition, the minister added.

"Compared to mid-September, the number of daily cases [in Bursa] rose approximately threefold," he said.

The country's overall coronavirus patient count now stands at 355,528, according to the ministry data.

On Wednesday, 2,013 new coronavirus patients were reported in the country, while 1,581 additional recoveries raised the tally to 310,027. (DŞ/VK)