ISTANBUL — Turkey’s health minister said the coronavirus infection rate was stabilizing, showing the fast-spreading contagion may be under relative control, while the head of an independent medical group said the scale of the outbreak remained unclear because a majority of virus-related deaths were not being counted.
Turkey experienced its deadliest day so far after 115 people died, pushing the death toll to 1,518, according to a post on Twitter by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. There were 4,281 new cases, which is roughly in line with or even slightly fewer than the daily cases confirmed since April 8, even as testing has nearly doubled over the week. Total cases now stand at 69,392.