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Coronavirus: Egypt Reports 47 New Cases


Mon 30 Mar 2020 | 08:50 PM
Hassan El-Khawaga

The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Monday 47 new coronavirus cases were detected, all of them are Egyptians, who were in contact with other positive cases.

"This upped the total number of confirmed cases to 656" Khaled Megahed, the ministry’s spokesman said in a statement.

One more death was confirmed; raising the total number to 41.

The new fatality is a 44-year-old Egyptian woman, who died on arriving at hospital. She is from Cairo governorate.

"Up to 150 coronavirus patients have totally recovered so far," the spokesman said.

"Two foreigners and 16 Egyptians were among the recovered patients today," he added.

Also, the number of coronavirus patients who had now been retested for the virus and had received negative results has reached 196, after getting proper treatment in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO).

The ministry has stepped up precautionary measures in the affected governorates and intensified campaigns to spread awareness about infectious diseases.

Megahed stressed that the ministry announced all positive and suspected cases nationwide.

The ministry raises its preparedness at all the country’s ports and airports to monitor the virus developments, receiving inquires from citizens about the virus through its hotline 105 or 15335.

The coronavirus has killed more than 35,000 people and infected over 739,000 around the world.