Turkey’s single-day death toll from coronavirus jumped over 100 for the first time on Tuesday, the country’s health minister said, as he gave assurances that the speed of the disease"s spread was under control.

The country recorded 107 deaths and 4 062 new cases during the past 24 hours, Fahrettin Koca told a televised press conference. The daily death toll has thus far remained below 100.

The latest figures pushed the total number of fatalities in Turkey to 1 403 and the number of cases has now exceeded 65 000.