Turkey on Friday reported 31,891 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,673 symptomatic patients, raising the total number in the country to 4,820,591, according to its health ministry.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 394 to 40,131, while the total recoveries climbed to 4,323,897 after 68,183 more recovered in the last 24 hours.

The rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients stands at 2.4 per cent and the number of seriously ill patients is 3,534 in the country, said the ministry.