The Egyptian Health Ministry said on Wednesday 54 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 456," Khaled Megahed, the ministry’s spokesman said in a statement.
One more death was confirmed; raising the total number to 21.
The new fatality was a 68-year-old man from Menoufia governorate.
"Up to 95 coronavirus patients have totally recovered so far," the spokesman said.
"Four foreigners and 11 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 113, after getting excellent 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.
Moreover, Health Minister Hala Zayed, today, urged all the Egyptians to avoid gathering and to pay great attention to nutrition, stressing that Egypt follows all the precautionary measures.
Globally, more than 20,000 deaths were reported and the number of the confirmed cases had reached about 500,000.
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