Turkey on Thursday confirmed 1,635 new COVID-19 cases and 55 new deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.

Turkey's total confirmed COVID-19 cases climbed to 144,749 and the death toll reached 4,007, Koca tweeted.

A total of 2,315 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 104,030, the minister stated.

Koca said 34,821 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, with the overall number of tests reaching 1,508,824.

Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case in the country on March 11.

xinhua