Covid-19 in Turkey: Daily cases increase for the fifth day in a row

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The Health Ministry has reported 1,592 coronavirus cases for the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 179,831.

After the government eased most measures on June 1, the number of daily cases have doubled, reaching mid-May levels.

Sharing the figures on Twitter, Minister Fahrettin Koca said that the increase in new cases "intensified in certain regions," without disclosing the locations. İstanbul, the largest city of Turkey, had nearly 60 percent of the cases, he had previously stated.

The number of patients in intensive care and on ventilators has also increased sicne yesterday's update.

The death toll, meanwhile, has risen to 4,825 with 18 fatalities in a day.

Here are today's numbers:

	Today	Yesterday	Total
Cases	1,592	1,562	179,831
Deaths	18	15	4,825
Tests	42,032	45,176	2,674,203
Recoveries	947	1,330	151,417
ICU patients			722 (+5)
Intubated patients			291 (+1)

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 recration 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 the 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.

Daily fatalities, cases and tests reported by the Health Ministry:

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