Turkey confirmed 1,693 new COVID-19 patients on Thursday, raising the total diagnosed patients to 342,143.
Meanwhile, 66 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 9,080, the Turkish Health Ministry announced.
Turkish health professionals conducted 116,103 tests in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 12,077,773.
In addition, 1,311 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 299,679 in Turkey since the outbreak.
The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 5.9 percent and the number of seriously ill patients is 1,408.
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.
