Turkey reports 1,458 coronavirus cases, 21 deaths in a day

Disinfection in a hotel room. (Photo: AA)

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Turkey's death from the novel coronavirus pandemic has risen to 5,046 as the Health Ministry reported 21 deaths for the past 24 hours.

The total cases have reached 193,115 with 1,458 cases in a day. "Our new case numbers show that measures have been reduced. The number of cases in the world is on the rise. Let's tell good news from Turkey," Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a tweet.

He also pointed out that the number of intensive care patients have been increasing. There are currently 941 patients in intensive care units, which was 651 on June 1, when the government started reopening.

Here are today's numbers:

	Today	Yesterday	Total
Cases	1,458	1,492	193,115
Deaths	21	24	5,046
Tests	52,303	53,486	3,135,424
Recoveries	1,472	1,386	165,706
ICU patients			941 (+27)
Intubated patients			369 (+13)

Coronavirus reopening in Turkey

Turkey's easing of coronavirus measures started as early as on May 11, when the government reopened shopping malls, albeit with new physical distancing and hygiene rules. This was followed by more steps on June 1, including the reopening of cafes, restarurants and similar places, as well as parks, beaches and recreation areas.

On the same day, entry and exit restrictions for 15 larger provinces, including İstanbul and Ankara, were lifted and domestic flights resumed.

On June 5, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abruptly lifted a weekend curfew for the 15 provinces, which was declared by the Interior Ministry about 12 hours before. The weekend curfews had been in place since April 11.

The President further announced on June 9 that people over the age of 65 would be allowed to go out between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. A curfew was declared for the elderly on March 22. Those younger than 18 were also allowed to go out on the condition of being with their parents.

The government also resumed international flights on June 11 and announced that all tourism facilities, theaters and concert halls would reopen on July 1.

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