Ankara, December 19 According to the data released on the website of the Turkish Ministry of Health on the 19th, 22,195 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours, with a total of 2,04,285 confirmed cases; 241 new deaths have been reported, with a total of 17,851 deaths; A total of 1,779,068 cases were cured.
According to the data, 173,132 people have been tested for the novel coronavirus in Turkey in the past 24 hours; 4,002 of the new cases have been symptomatic.
Turkish Health Minister Koja said on social media on the same day that the number of new confirmed cases and critically ill patients in Turkey continued to decline every day, and the relevant epidemic prevention and control measures were taking effect. It is expected that more obvious results will be seen in the next few days.
According to the ban issued by the Turkish government, the “foot ban” is imposed from 21:00 to 5:00 the next day during working days and during weekends.
Turkish President Erdoğan said recently that in order to curb the coronavirus epidemic, a “curfew” will be imposed nationwide between 21:00 on December 31 and 5 o’clock on January 4, 2021.