ANKARA, June 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Turkey reported 989 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the total number in the country to 171,121, Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said.
“There is an increase in the number of cases, but it is easy to contain, if the rules of wearing face masks and social distancing are obeyed,” Koca tweeted.
Meanwhile, 19 more fatalities were reported, bringing the death toll to 4,711, while 3,411 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 141,380, according to the minister.
Turkey conducted 39,361 tests for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 2,377,954, he said, adding, 625 patients are being treated at intensive care units and 261 intubated.
On June 1, Turkish authorities resumed some businesses, including restaurants, cafes, parks, beaches, daycare centres, kindergartens, libraries, sports facilities, swimming pools and museums, as part of the country’s new normalisation process amid a slowdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, after more than two months of closure.– NNN-XINHUA
