Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises by 253 -ministry

Turkey's coronavirus death toll rose by 253 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Saturday, bringing total deaths to 19,624. Numbers of cases fell for a third consecutive day, to 15,118, bringing total cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 2,133,373.

Ankara has imposed full weekend lockdowns and weekday curfews to curb infections.