Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises by 84 to 3,258, with 2,188 new cases

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The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 84 in the last 24 hours to 3,258, with 2,188 new cases of the virus, Health Ministry data showed on May 1.

The total number of cases rose to 122,392, the data showed, the highest total outside Western Europe or the United States.

A total of 53,808 people have so far recovered from the new coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. The number of tests conducted in the past 24 hours stood at 41,431, raising the total number of tests during the outbreak to 1.075 million.

"The number of people who have recovered in the last 24 hours is 2.25 times the number of patients who have been newly diagnosed [with the virus]. The total number of people who have recovered is 53,000. This number is close to 45 percent of the total cases so far. The number of patients in intensive care is decreasing. Let's pay heed to measures. The weather outside might change the picture," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted.

Son 24 saatte iyileşenler, yeni tanı konan hastaların 2,25 katı. Toplam iyileşen sayısı 53 bin. Bu sayı bugüne kadarki toplam vaka sayısının %45’ine yakın. Yoğun bakım hasta sayısı azalıyor. Tedbirde dikkatli olalım. Dışarıdaki hava tabloyu değiştirebilir.https://t.co/RVlhe7786O pic.twitter.com/Id5p85tJSe

— Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) May 1, 2020

April 29, Koca said during a press conference that the outbreak has reached its peak in Turkey and the the rate of rise in cases has been seeing a downward trend.

Koca however also warned that a second wave of infections might arise if citizens do not abide by the measures and isolation rules.

Turkey's 31 provinces are currently under a three-day curfew which is set to end at midnight on May 3.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced earlier in the week that weekend curfews will last until the end of Ramadan in late May.