Turkey on Friday reported 8,314 new cases of the novel coronavirus, continuing a downward trend from 8,962 the previous day.

Axar.az reports that among the fresh cases were 921 symptomatic patients confirmed across the country, the data showed.

Turkey's overall case tally is around 2.37 million. The nationwide death toll hit 23,664, with 169 fatalities over the past day.

A further 9,109 patients recovered in the country for a total above 2.24 million.

More than 27.06 million COVID-19 tests have been carried out in Turkey to date, with 167,211 done over the past 24 hours.

The latest figures show that the number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition has fallen to 2,311.