ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has recorded 15,503 new coronavirus cases in the space of 24 hours, the highest daily rise this year, data from the health ministry showed on Monday.
A total of 2,894,893 COVID-19 cases have been recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
Monday’s data showed 63 people had died due to COVID-19 in the space of 24 hours, raising the cumulative death toll to 29,552.
(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Kevin Liffey)