Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises to 425, total cases 20,921 - health minister

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ISTANBUL, April 3 (Reuters) - Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 69 to 425 on Friday, while the number of confirmed cases from the disease rose by 2,786 to 20,921, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

Koca said 16,160 tests had been carried out in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests carried out in Turkey to 141,716 since the outbreak began. (Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Writing by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Hugh Lawson)