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Turkey confirmed late on March 19 its fourth death related to the coronavirus and the country nearly doubled its confirmed cases to 359, from 191 a day earlier.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that an 85-year-old woman died due to the novel coronavirus.

Health authorities are increasingly concerned about the ability of the health service to treat a rising number of coronavirus patients as the frequency with which doctors, nurses and administrative staff at hospitals are testing positive for the virus is growing.

Beijing saw a record number of imported coronavirus cases, data released on March 19 showed, as new local transmissions in China fell to zero, putting more pressure on the capital to screen out infected passengers and isolate suspected cases.

Thus, the total number of patients is 92

"We have 11 more cases of coronavirus infected. Thus, the total number of patients is 92. We have one in Smolyan and one in Veliko Turnovo." This was made clear at a briefing at the National Operations Headquarters.

The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which originated from Wuhan last year and caused COVID-19 pandemic, spreading to more than 70 other countries around the world, is a product of natural evolution. This is determined by the results of a scientific study published in the prestigious magazine, Nature Medicine, bTV reported.

There are no new coronavirus positive samples in our country. Prof. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski informed about this at a briefing of the National Operational Headquarters.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria remains 81.

Turkey reported its first fatality from a coronavirus infection on late March 17, an 89-year-old man.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that the deceased was an 89-year-old man.

The minister's remarks came during a news conference in capital Ankara.

Koca also confirmed 51 new coronavirus cases in Turkey, bringing the total to 98.

Greece's total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now 352, infectious diseases Professor Sotiris Tsiodras at the daily briefing to reporters today.

The briefing was also attended by newly-appointed Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Chardalias.

Tsiodras said that there were 21 new cases since Sunday.

The source of infection for 51 cases is undetermined, he added.

A number of 168 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus have been confirmed so far in Romania, the Strategic Communication Group reported on Monday. "To date, March 16, on the Romanian territory, as many as 168 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have been confirmed.

A sample taken from an Italian pilgrim to Mount Athos has tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the AHEPA hospital announced on Monday.