Turkey logs 42,551 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours -health ministry
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Ankara City Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan reuters tickers
This content was published on April 5, 2021 - 17:23
April 5, 2021 - 17:23
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 42,551 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Monday, remaining near an all-time high it touched over the weekend.
Turkey currently ranks fifth globally for most daily cases based on a seven-day average, according to a Reuters tally.
Cases have soared since the government eased measures to curb the pandemic in early March, and daily cases rose to a record high of 44,756 on Saturday.
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