The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was first described as an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses similar to SARS-CoV in the Hubei province of China in December 2019, began to appear in most countries outside China later. The World Health Organization (WHO) described this disease as a pandemic on 11 March. On the same date, the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health has announced the first case in Turkey. On May 18, the WHO announced that there were 4 833 022 cases and 317 215 deaths confirmed worldwide. On this date, 149435 confirmed cases, and 4140 deaths was reported in Turkey and the number of recovered patients was 109962.[1]