Turkey's daily coronavirus death toll hit a record high of 243 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed, bringing the total so far to 17,364.

Turkey also recorded 27,515 new coronavirus cases, including asymptomatic ones, in the last 24 hours, down more than 2,000 from a day earlier. For four months, Ankara only reported daily symptomatic cases, but it has reported all since Nov 25.

The country has registered 1,955,680 Covid-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic in March, the data showed.

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