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Infections continue to climb in Turkey amid relaxed measures

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ISTANBUL – Turkey’s weekly regional COVID-19 figures keep increasing as the country keeps relaxed restrictions in place for now.

Health ministry statistics released late Saturday showed the rate of infection as more than 251 cases per 100,000 in Istanbul, the country’s largest city — up 41% since last week.

That means about 40,000 new infections in Istanbul alone, which has quadrupled from numbers first released six weeks ago. The government has divided its 81 provinces into four risk categories and said it would evaluate restrictions at a local level every two weeks.

The latest figures show many cities turning “very high-risk” or “high risk.” Turkey’s president announced this week that relaxed restrictions, like in-restaurant dining and

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