ANKARA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Turkey confirmed 1,309 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total diagnosed number to 257,032, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
Meanwhile, 22 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,102, he tweeted.
Turkish health professionals conducted 93,007 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 6,247,164, Koca noted.
A total of 801 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 236,370 in Turkey since the outbreak, the minister said.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 7.4 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 762, he stated.
Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on March 11.
Turkey and China have supported each other in the fight against COVID-19.
Chinese doctors and medical experts held video conferences with Turkish counterparts to share China's experience in treating coronavirus patients, protecting medical workers, and controlling the spread of the virus. Enditem
