The total number of coronavirus cases in Turkey, including asymptomatic ones, since the outbreak began is 1.749 million, health ministry data showed on Thursday, announcing such figures for the first time.
For four months, Ankara only reported daily symptomatic cases, but has reported all cases since Nov. 25.
On Wednesday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the government would publish historical data for all cases starting Thursday.
Earlier, the ministry reported a record 220 deaths and 30,424 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
