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Turkey's coronavirus cases exceed 150,000: health ministry

Turkish citizen rest at the courtyard of Eyup Sultan Mosque after seniors over 65 years old, who are not allowed to go out of their houses, had been exempted from curfew for 6 hours amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Turkey rose to 150,593 on Monday, with 1,158 people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed.

Turkey, with the ninth highest number of cases globally, has started taking steps to ease measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The number of daily cases has declined from a peak in April.

A total of 4,171 people have died from the respiratory disease, data showed, while 111,577 have recovered. Turkey has conducted more than 1.6 million tests since the outbreak began.

(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Chris Reese)

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