The head of a Turkish district has died of new coronavirus infection

Halit oflaz, head of chumla District, Konya Province, Turkey, died of infection with the new coronavirus, according to the Anadolu news agency of Turkey on the 19th. On the same day, Turkish health minister koja confirmed the news on his social media and expressed his sympathy to the family of ophraz. He said ofraz was a young but serious case. < p > < p > ofraz is 46 years old. On August 3, he said on his social media account that he had tested positive for new coronavirus in the hospital because of a sore throat. According to local media, he had been treated in the local hospital, during which his condition deteriorated and was sent to the intensive care unit. According to the data of the Ministry of health of Turkey, as of August 18, local time, 251805 cases had been diagnosed, 6016 cases had died and 232913 cases had been cured. Since August 4 local time, Turkey has returned more than 1000 new confirmed cases in a single day. (head station reporter Gu Yuting)