Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Sunday that seventy-three patients have died after contracting coronavirus in the past 24 hours bringing the total to 574.
Koca also stated that a total of 3,135 people tested positive for the virus of the 20,065 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, and that the total number of cases has reached 27,069.
The number of tests carried out so far has reach 181,445.
To date 1,042 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals, while 1,381 patients are currently receiving intensive care, the data shows.
