Turkey's Daily COVID-19 Cases Dip Below 10,000

World

January 3rd, 5:08pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

A ferry sails through Bosphorus during a two-day curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, December 6, 2020. Reuters

Turkey’s daily number of coronavirus infections fell to 9,877 in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,241,912 since the country's outbreak emerged in March. The number of deaths due to the COVID-19 disease fell to 193 in the last 24 hours from 202 a day earlier, dropping below 200 for the first time since Dec. 6. The total death toll stands at 21,488, said the ministry. Turkey has been in a four-day lockdown for the New Year, which will be lifted at 5 a.m. local time on Jan. 4. Ankara has also imposed curfews each weekday evening.

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