Turkey's coronavirus death toll reaches 1,518, with 69,392 total cases

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 4,281 in the past 24 hours, and 115 more people have died, taking the death toll to 1,518, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Monday.

Koca said Turkey's total confirmed cases stood at 69,392, while 875 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.

As of April 15, the total number of recovered cases stood at 5,674.

Koca also said 34,090 tests were conducted over the past day, with the overall number of tests reaching 477,716.

Vaka sayısındaki artış hızı, yoğun bakım ve solunum desteği ihtiyacı olan hastaların sayısındaki artış hızı sabit kalma eğiliminde. 875’i son 24 saatte olmak üzere 5.674 hastamız taburcu edildi. İki gücümüz var: Tedbir, tedavi. Gücümüzü kullanalım.https://t.co/RVlhe7786O pic.twitter.com/IVrPbk8n2f

— Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) April 15, 2020

Turkey is currently treating 1,820 patients in intensive care units, along with 1,052 intubated patients, according to the infographic Koca shared on Twitter.

On April 14, the minister had said that the rate of rise in coronavirus cases has been seeing a downward trend as in the fourth week of the outbreak in Turkey. The spread is “under control,” he added.