Turkey on Friday confirmed 1,185 additional cases of COVID-19, raising the tally to 238,450, according to the country's health minister.

Axar.az reports citing Turkish media.

"The rise in the number of cases continues. The number of recoveries from the virus is less than the number of new cases, as it was yesterday," Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter.

The country confirmed 1,028 more recoveries from the novel coronavirus, raising the total to 221,574, according to the country's health minister.

The death toll stood at 5,813 after 15 people died over the past 24 hours.