Turkey on Tuesday reported nearly 29,000 new coronavirus cases, according to Health Ministry data.

Axar.az reports that a total of 28,997 cases, including 2,483 symptomatic patients, were confirmed across the country, official figures showed.

The daily case toll was up from 24,733 infections reported on Monday, which included 2,501 symptomatic patients.

Turkey’s overall case tally is now over 4.92 million, while the nationwide death toll has reached 41,527, with 336 more fatalities registered over the past day – 11 fewer than Monday’s toll.

As many as 38,218 more patients in the country won the battle against the virus, up from 35,438 on Monday, pushing the total number of recoveries past 4.55 million.