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ANKARA, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkey reported 989 new coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the total number in the country to 171,121, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

"There is an increase in the number of cases, but it is easy to contain if the rules of wearing face masks and social distancing are obeyed," Koca tweeted.

Meanwhile, 19 more fatalities were reported, bringing the death toll to 4,711, while 3,411 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to 141,380, according to the minister.

Turkey conducted 39,361 tests for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of tests to 2,377,954, he said, adding 625 patients are being treated at the intensive care units and 261 intubated.

Turkey reported the first COVID-19 case on March 11.

On June 1, Turkish authorities resumed plenty of businesses, including restaurants, cafes, parks, beaches, daycare centers, kindergartens, libraries, sports facilities, swimming pools and museums, as part of the country's new normalization process amid a slowdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, after more than two months of closure.

Turkey and China have supported each other in the fight against COVID-19. Chinese doctors and medical experts held a video conference with their Turkish counterparts to share China's experience in treating coronavirus patients, protecting medical workers and controlling the spread of the deadly virus. Enditem