Coronavirus death toll reaches 29,552 as total number of confirmed cases stands at 2,894,893

Turkey's confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 15,503 as the daily patients increase by 858 in the past 24 hours, and 63 more people have died, taking the death toll to 29,552, the Health Ministry announced on March 15.

Turkey's total number of confirmed cases reached 2,894,893 according to the infographic.

Some 15,893 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

The total number of recovered cases stood at 2,716,969.

The ministry said 151,113 tests were conducted over the past day, with the overall number of tests reaching 35,277,116.

It also added that while the rate of pneumonia in COVID-19 patients is 3.2 percent, the number of seriously ill patients is 1,425.

Fahrettin Koca, intensive care,