ANKARA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkey confirmed 1,578 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the total diagnosed patients to 279,806, the Turkish Health Ministry announced.
Meanwhile, 53 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 6,673, according to the data by the ministry.
Turkish health professionals conducted 96,842 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 7,779,539.
A total of 1,013 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 251,105 in Turkey since the outbreak.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 7.6 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 1,102.
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
