Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises to 3,258, total infections rose to 122,392

By Amwal Al Ghad English On May 2, 2020

A municipal worker checks a woman's temperature as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

The death toll of coronavirus in Turkey has risen by 84 in the last 24 hours to 3,258, with 2,188 new cases of the virus, according to Health Ministry data. .

The total number of cases rose to 122,392, the data showed, the highest total outside Western Europe or the United States.

A total of 53,808 people have so far recovered from the new coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19. The number of tests conducted in the past 24 hours stood at 41,431, raising the total number of tests during the outbreak to 1.075 million.

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