Turkey has registered a constant recovery in week five since the first COVID-19 case was reported and the pandemic is under control, the health minister said Wednesday.
"We have been in a steady recovery since week five of outbreak. Under current conditions, the pandemic is under control," Fahrettin Koca said during a news conference following a virtual meeting of Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board.
Number of recovered coronavirus patients in Turkey has reached 101,715 with 2,826 additions in past 24 hours, the health minister added.
Turkey's death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 3,952 after 58 more people died of COVID-19 disease over past 24 hours.
Koca also pointed out that total number of coronavirus cases in Turkey climbed by 1,639 to 143,114.
"Although our daily test capacity [for COVID-19] has reached 50,000, there is no need for such an amount due to the decline in new cases," Koca added.
Meanwhile, the filiation team of 6,239 people reaches out to 722,000 people contacting a patient since the first coronavirus case was recorded in Turkey, the top health official said.
