ANKARA: Turkey registered 55,791 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday, just below an all-time high from a day earlier.

Cases have soared since the government eased measures to curb the pandemic in early March, and daily cases rose to a record high of 55,941 on Thursday.

Last week, Ankara announced a tightening of measures, including full weekend lockdowns for the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, starting on April 13.

The latest daily death toll was 253, bringing the cumulative toll to 33,454.