COVID-19 cases in Turkey climb to 7,402, with 108 deaths

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-29 02:33:21|Editor: zyl
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Few passengers are seen in a subway train in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 28, 2020. In the past 24 hours in Turkey, 16 more people lost their lives due to COVID-19, raising the death toll to 108, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday night. The total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 7,402 in Turkey, the minister tweeted. (Photo by Yasin Akgul/Xinhua)

ANKARA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- In the past 24 hours in Turkey, 16 more people lost their lives due to COVID-19, raising the death toll to 108, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday night.

The total number of novel coronavirus cases rose to 7,402 in Turkey, the minister tweeted.

A total of 7,641 tests were performed on Saturday and 1,704 were diagnosed, he added.

Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case in the country on March 11.

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