The recovery rate from COVID-19 at Egyptian isolation hospitals has reached its highest level at 85.7%, according to the health ministry spokesman, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar.
On Saturday, Egypt’s Health Ministry reported 1113 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 489,876.
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The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 24,172 nationwide after the ministry announced 10 deaths.
About 1432 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising the total number of fully-recovered cases to 419,894.
The recent spike in infections comes as Egypt continues to push ahead with efforts to expand its vaccination campaign to vaccinate 70% of the population by the second half of 2022.
