As many as 2,297 people in Turkey recovered from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, said the country's health minister on Tuesday.

Axar.az reports citing Turkish media.

In a Twitter post, Fahrettin Koca said the country registered 1,053 new cases over the past day, bringing the tally to 207,897.

Koca said that overall recoveries now climbed to 185,292 with the latest additions.

The minister emphasized that Turkey's ICU occupancy rates are between 59% and 61% for a month.

He said the number of new patients admitted to hospitals are as many as discharged ones and that the situation is same with the intubated patients.