Turkey reported 1,511 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total tally in the country to 327,557, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
In addition, 55 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,553, while 1,229 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 287,599, according to the Health Ministry.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 6.2 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 1,414, the ministry said.
Turkish health professionals conducted 112,421 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 11,044,338.
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.