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Turkey saw a record number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second day running on Sunday as 6,017 new symptomatic patients were documented, the health ministry said.<\/p>\n

The number of new daily cases are now running at higher levels than the outbreak’s previous peak in April.<\/p>\n

Evening lockdowns were introduced over the weekend for the first time since June, with businesses such as restaurants and bars ordered to close.<\/p>\n

The ministry said a total of 446,882 patients with symptoms had been identified since the country’s first recorded case in March. Turkey doesn’t publicly report confirmed coronavirus cases in people without COVID-19 symptoms, a policy that has been criticized for masking the true scope of the national outbreak.<\/p>\n

“Let’s follow the precautions for our loved ones,” Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted, referring to hand-washing, distancing and mask-wearing measures.<\/p>\n

Turkey recorded 139 COVID-19 deaths over the previous 24 hours, taking the country’s total to 12,358, the health ministry reported.\n <\/p>\n\n

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