Turkey's daily Covid-19 'patient' count exceeds 2,300, severely ill patients on sharp increase

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The Health Ministry has registered 2,302 more novel coronavirus "patients" over the past 24 hours.

The country's overall tally now stands at 379,775 while the death toll reached 10,402 with 76 new fatalities.

As Minister Fahrettin Koca admitted on September 30, the ministry excludes asymptomatic cases from its daily count and announces the number of "patients," or cases with symptoms. 

Until July 29, 2020, the expression of "number of daily cases" was used on the Health Ministry's daily Covid-19 table. It has then been understood that after this day, it has been changed into "number of daily patients."

Table: Health Ministry

Some 1,521 more patients recovered over the past day, raising the count to 327,007.

Minister Fahrettin Koca warned on Twitter that the number of "severely ill patients" increased by 164 in a single day to 2,341.

A total of 139,103 more Covid-19 tests were carried out across the country, bringing the total to over 14.2 million.

The figures showed that the number of patients in critical condition currently stands at 2,341, with 4.7 percent this week suffering from pneumonia.

Across the world, Covid-19 has claimed more than 1.2 million lives in 190 countries and regions since last December.

The US, India, and Brazil are currently the worst-hit countries.

Over 46.6 million cases have been reported worldwide, with recoveries exceeding 31.1 million, according to figures compiled by the US' Johns Hopkins University.

(EKN/VK)