Number of recovered coronavirus patients in Turkey tops 110,000 mark - health ministry

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Turkey rose to 150,593 on Monday, with 1,158 people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed.

Turkey has started taking steps to ease measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The number of daily cases has declined from a peak in April.

A total of 4,171 people have died from the respiratory disease, data showed, while 111,577 have recovered. Turkey has conducted more than 1.6 million tests since the outbreak began.

Over the past day, 1,615 more patients recovered, according to the official data.

"The number of patients who need intensive care and ventilators continues to decrease," he said.

More than 25,000 tests were conducted in the country over the past 24 hours, raising the overall number of tests to over 1.65 million.

There are currently 903 patients under intensive care in Turkey.

Since first appearing China last December, the novel coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease has spread to at least 188 countries and regions. The US and Europe are the hardest-hit areas.

The pandemic has killed over 316,200 worldwide, with more than 4.75 million confirmed cases, while recoveries have surpassed 1.75 million, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the US.