Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases hit new peak

Turkey reported over 59,000 more coronavirus cases on Tuesday, its highest single-day figure since the start of the pandemic.

A total of 59,187 cases, including 2,723 symptomatic patients, were confirmed across the country, according to the Health Ministry data.

Turkey’s overall case tally is now over 3.96 million, while the nationwide death toll reached 34,455 with 273 fatalities over the past day.

As many as 52,104 more patients in the country won the battle against the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to over 3.42 million.

More than 42.19 million coronavirus tests have been done in Turkey to date, with 306,563 more done since Monday.

The latest figures show there are now 2,951 patients in critical condition across the country, Anadolu Agency reported.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also announced weekly coronavirus infection rates across 81 provinces.

The number of weekly infections per 100,000 people is now 804.97 in Istanbul, 419.06 in Ankara, and 304,07 in Izmir, according to data shared by Koca on Twitter.

At 882.13, the northwestern province of Kirklareli has the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, while the southeastern Sirnak province has the lowest nationwide figure of 32.17.