Turkey sees 94,000 new COVID-19 cases, highest since pandemic began

Turkish Health Ministry said that the country reported 94,783 new daily COVID-19 cases including 174 deaths on Saturday, highest since the pandemic began. However, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, "The virus is not at its old strength. The worrying part of the pandemic is over." Koca added that the illness caused by the Omicron variant is not severe.