The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Friday 29 new coronavirus cases were detected, including one foreigner and 28 Egyptians, some of them were abroad and others were in contact with the other positive cases.
“This upped the total number of confirmed cases to 285,” Khaled Megahed, the ministry’s spokesman said in a statement.
The ministry noted that one more death was recorded, raising the total number of deaths to eight.
The death case was for a 60-year old Egyptian national in Giza, who came back from Italy.
All positive cases were quarantined at hospitals and they are all stable.
“A total of 39 coronavirus cases recovered from the virus,” he said.
Six foreigners and five Egyptians were among the recovered today.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Hala Zayed ordered tightening precautionary measures in Daqahlia, Damietta, and Menya because a large number of people there had contacts with positive cases.
The ministry has stepped up precautionary measures in these 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.
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