Turkey's coronavirus death toll reaches 3,336 as recoveries near 59,000

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 1,983 in the past 24 hours, and 78 more people have died, taking the death toll to 3,336.

Turkey's, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca in a Twitter post on Saturday, May 2, said Turkey's total confirmed cases stood at 124,375.

30 Mart’tan bu yana ilk kez, günlük vaka sayısı 2.000’in altına düştü. Yeni iyileşen hasta sayımız, bunun iki buçuk katına yakın. https://t.co/RVlhe7786O pic.twitter.com/mIfkoJANto

— Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) May 2, 2020

The new cases were reported from 36,318 tests carried out on Saturday.

Koca added that some 4,451 patients recovered in the last 24 hours.

So far, 58,259 have recovered from the virus.