Turkey's Coronavirus Tally Climbs to 356 Deaths, 18,135 Cases
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Turkey's death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic has climbed to 356 with 79 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has announced on its website.
The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has reached 18,135 with 356 new cases, according to the statement. Turkey tested a total of 125,556 people for coronavirus with 18,757 tests since yesterday. 1,101 people are in intensive care, 783 are intubated and 415 have recovered.
The country conducted the highest number of tests in a single day as it increased over four thousand compared with the previous day.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a tweet that 82 percent of the people died in the last 24 hours were over 60 years of age.
İstanbul, the largest city of Turkey with a population of nearly 16 million, is the epicenter of the outbreak in the country, having around 60 percent of the confirmed cases.
As part of measures against the pandemic, the Interior Ministry shut down most venues and cancelled mass events, as well as quarantining dozens of settlements in various parts of the country
The novel coronavirus outbreak began in China's Wuhan city in December 2019. It has now spread to at least 179 countries and territories, infecting over 900 thousand people and killing more than 40 thousand, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University in the US. Over 170 thousand people have recovered from the disease. Italy, China, Iran, and Spain have been the most affected countries.
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About the novel coronavirusWhat is a coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most recently discovered coronavirus causes coronavirus disease Covid-19. What is Covid-19? Covid-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. How does Covid-19 spread? People can catch Covid-19 from others who have the virus. The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with Covid-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch Covid-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. Studies to date suggest that the virus is mainly transmitted through contact with respiratory droplets rather than through the air. Source: World Health Organization |
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