Turkey's daily virus cases double from early June

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Turkey's health minister warned citizens against complacency as daily coronavirus cases doubled compared with figures in early June, AFP reported.

The country registered 1,592 new cases and 18 Covid-19 deaths for the past 24 hours, Fahrettin Koca said on his official Twitter account.

There were 786 infections in a 24-hour period on June 2. At the height of the pandemic, Turkey recorded over 5,000 daily cases in April.

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