Coronavirus: Egypt’s Death Toll Reaches 20

The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Tuesday 36 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 402,” Khaled Megahed, the ministry’s spokesman said in a statement.

A 54-year-old woman has died from the virus, raising the death toll in the country to 20 .

"Up to 80 coronavirus patients have totally recovered so far,” the spokesman said.

“Three foreigners and nine 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 100, 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 1533.