Turkey: Coronavirus deaths up to 2,706, positive test rate down

Turkey’s Health Ministry has reported 2,861 new confirmed cases of vel coronavirus and 106 more deaths but says rate of positive tests for virus is decreasing.

daily figures Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared on Saturday brought total number of virus-related deaths recorded by Turkish government to 2,706.

Turkey ranks seventh in world for confirmed infections, surpassing China and Iran, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. government reported a total of 107,773 cases as of Saturday.

But experts believe many more people have gotten sick or died during pandemic than ones included in Johns Hopkins University project due to limited testing for virus, difficulty of counting de during crisis and or factors.

Nearly 870,000 people so far have been tested in Turkey, which has a population of about 82 million.

In a tweet, Koca urged continued precautions while rate of positive tests is going down.

Health Ministry data said 3,845 people being treated for COVID-19 were released from hospitals in past 24 hours.