Turkey Reports Over 60,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The number of new COVID-19 cases in Turkey has once again reached an all-time high.

On the 14th (local time), the Turkish Ministry of Health announced that the number of new cases in the country was counted at 59,187. This surpasses the previous record of 55,941 cases set on the 8th, breaking the record within six days. The cumulative number of confirmed cases and deaths reached 3,962,760 and 34,455, respectively.

Since last month, Turkey has implemented "normalization measures," including switching school education back to in-person classes and reopening restaurants and cafes. However, since these normalization measures, the daily number of new cases has increased approximately fivefold.