Turkey’s new coronavirus cases have jumped to their highest level since mid-June at 1,502, according to Health Ministry data, prompting the government to impose measures to combat the spread of the pandemic.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that 24 more people died from Covid-19, bringing the country’s death toll to 6,163.
Daily cases were last this high on June 15 — two weeks after Turkey lifted a partial lockdown — when the country logged 1,592 cases.
