Turkey Reports Lowest Covid-19 Cases in Two Months

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Turkey's death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic has climbed to 4,563 with 23 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry figures.

The ministry has registered 827 cases in a day, bringing the tally to 164,769. Today's new cases and fatalities have been the lowest since March 25.

As the spread of the outbreak slows down, the government today (June 1) resumed domestic flights, eased intercity travel restrictions and opened cafes, reastaurants, parks and recreation areas.

Minister Fahrettin Koca urged people to maintain social distance and wear masks in a tweet and noted that the number of new cases was at a predictable level.

Here are today's figures:

The pandemic has infected more than 6 million people and 37,000 lives in 188 countries and regions since originating in China last December. The US, Europe and Russia are currently the world's worst-hit regions. As many as 2.6 million people have recovered so far, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.

The pandemic has also forced more than 180 countries to enforce harsh restrictions to stop the spread of the virus, which has led to the unemployment of millions of people as local and regional businesses have shut down over coronavirus fears.

Over the past few weeks, numerous countries have begun to ease measures and reopening their economies.

Daily cases, deaths and tests in Turkey reported by the Health Ministry since March 11:

(EKN/VK)