Turkey's strong virus battle vivid in numbers

Robust healthcare system of Turkey reduces death ratio, raises recovery rate in comparison with rest of world

With its high recovery rate and the number of active cases rapidly declining, the success of Turkish healthcare system against the novel coronavirus has become apparent in numbers. While active cases and recovery rate stand at 58.03% and 33.76%, respectively in the world, Turkey's recovery rate has climbed to 59.36% and active cases correspond to 36.95%, according to the latest official figures announced on Wednesday. Since its first confirmed case on March 10, Turkey has so far conducted 1,234,724 diagnosis tests and a total of 131,744 people have tested positive for the virus. The death toll currently stands at 3,584 and 78,202 people fully recovered from the disease. So far, 10.6% of the tested people in Turkey were diagnosed with COVID-19. The fatality ratio between March 17 -- when the first death was registered -- and May 6 is 2.7%. The COVID-19 tests aim to diagnose the patients and isolate them from the public to curb the spread of the virus. The public hospitals -- as well as the university and private hospitals, and laboratories -- authorized by the Health Ministry, conduct tests free of charge. On March 19, the Health Ministry shared data on the number of tests for the first time and said 1,981 people were tested, while a total of 15,422 tests were conducted by the end of March. On April 29, the ministry said 43,498 tests were conducted on that day alone. The ratios of tests and number of cases are as follows: Date Test figures Case figures Ratio (%) March 20 3656 311 8,50 March 21 2970 277 9,32 March 22 1738 289 16,6 March 23 3672 293 7,9 March 24 3952 343 8,6 March 25 5035 561 16,4 March 26 7286 1196 16,4 March 27 7533 2069 27,4 March 28 7641 1704 22,3 March 29 9982 1815 18,2 March 39 11535 1610 13,9 March 31 15422 2704 17,5 April 1 14396 2148 14,9 April 2 18757 2456 13,09 April 3 16160 2786 17,2 April 4 19664 3013 15,3 April 5 20065 3135 15,6 April 6 21400 3148 14,7 April 7 20023 3892 19,4 April 8 24900 4117 16,5 April 9 28578 4056 14.1 April 10 30864 4747 15,3 April 11 33170 5138 15,4 April 12 35720 4789 1340 April 13 34456 4093 11,87 April 14 33070 4062 12,28 April 15 34090 4281 12,55 April 16 40427 4801 11,87 April 17 40270 4353 10.80 April 18 40520 3783 9,33 April 19 35344 3977 11,25 April 20 39703 4674 11,77 April 21 39429 4611 11,69 April 22 37535 3083 8,21 April 23 40962 3116 7,60 April 24 38351 3122 8,14 April 25 38308 2861 7,46 April 26 30177 2357 7,81 April 27 20143 2131 10,57 April 28 29230 2392 8,18 April 29 43498 2936 6,74 April 30 42004 2615 6,22 May 1 41431 2188 5,28 May 2 36318 1983 5,46 May 3 24001 1670 6,95 May 4 35771 1614 4,51 May 5 33283 1832 5,50 May 6 30303 2253 7,43 The number of discharged patients also rose significantly. On March 25, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 26 citizens, including two seniors, left the hospital upon full recovery. Then, the recovery rate in Turkey quickly climbed and number of recovered patients surpassed that of the positive cases on April 24. While 3,122 people were diagnosed with the coronavirus, 3,246 people were discharged following the successful treatment period. Notably on April 27, a total of 4,651 people recovered, whereas the tally of cases stood at 2,131. On May 3, the number of total cases was 126,045, while the recovery figure amounted to 63,151, meaning the number of recovered patients was finally ahead of the total infections. The recovery figures in Turkey go as in the following: Date Daily discharge Total discharge March 27 42 42 March 28 28 70 March 29 35 105 March 30 57 162 March 31 81 243 April 1 90 333 April 2 82 415 April 3 69 484 April 4 302 786 April 5 256 1042 April 6 284 1326 April 7 256 1582 April 8 264 1846 April 9 296 2142 April 10 281 2423 April 11 542 2965 April 12 481 3446 April 13 511 3957 April 14 842 4799 April 15 875 5674 April 16 1415 7089 April 17 1542 8631 April 18 1822 10453 April 19 1523 11976 April 20 1454 13430 April 21 1488 14918 April 22 1559 16477 April 23 2014 18491 April 24 3246 21737 April 25 3845 25582 April 26 3558 29140 April 27 4651 33791 April 28 5018 38809 April 29 5231 44022 April 30 4846 48886 May 1 4922 53808 May 2 4451 58259 May 3 4892 63151 May 4 5015 68166 May 5 5119 73285 May 6 4917 78202 Intubation, intensive-care figures Today, a total of 1,278 patients are treated in intensive care units, whereas intubated patients are tallied at 669. In the past week, the intensive care ratio of patients in comparison to the total number of patients shifted from 1.25% to 0.97%, while the ratio of those receiving treatment through ventilators changed from 0.66% to 0.50%.   Turkey and world in comparison Figures show that Turkey's recovery rate is better in comparison with the overall ratio across the globe. According to the latest figures collected on May 6, the ratio of active patients in Turkey declined to 36.95% and recovery rate has climbed to 59.36%. As for the rest of the world, the active case ratio stands at 58.03% and recovery rate is 33.76%. In Turkey, 0.97% of the patients diagnosed with the virus are receiving treatment in the intensive care units, whereas this figure around the world stands at 1.29%. Turkish death toll ratio is currently 2.7%, while the global ratio is 6.91%.