Turkey reported over 37,000 more coronavirus cases on Thursday, AzVision.az reports citing the Turkish media.
A total of 37,674 cases, including 2,715 symptomatic patients, were confirmed across the country, according to the latest Health Ministry data.
Turkey’s overall COVID-19 tally is now over 4.78 million, while the nationwide death toll rose by 339 over the past day to reach 39,737.
As many as 43,253 more patients won the battle against the virus, taking the total number of recoveries past 4.25 million.
More than 46.99 million coronavirus tests have been done in Turkey to date, with 278,108 more done since Wednesday.
The latest figures show that the number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition stands at 3,581.
To fight the latest wave of the virus, Turkey is starting a complete lockdown Thursday evening and lasting until May 17.
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