CAIRO, May 13-- Turkey's COVID-19 cases on Wednesday exceeded 143,000, while the tally in Iran crossed 112,000. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Turkey, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East, rose to 143,114, while the death toll surged to 3,952 on Wednesday. Turkey on Wednesday confirmed 1,639 new COVID-19 cases and 58 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. |