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Egypt Sees Slight Increase in Daily Coronavirus Cases


Sat 08 Aug 2020 | 12:00 AM
Hassan El-Khawaga

Over the past weeks, Egypt saw a downward trend in the daily coronavirus infections, but sometimes the daily coronavirus cases slightly increase, reporting on Friday 141 new coronavirus infections.

The total cases raised to 95,147 since the beginning of the virus outbreak.

"Twenty more deaths were confirmed; raising the total number to 4,971," Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry’s spokesman, said in a statement.

"Up to 50,553 coronavirus patients have recovered so far," the spokesman said.

"As many as 1,655 Egyptians were among the recovered patients today," he added.

Health Minister Hala Zayed stressed that nowadays, hospitals do not witness high turnout due to many factors, including the increasing awareness of the Egyptian people and plans of self-isolation.

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

Megahed stressed that the ministry announced all the 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 or through on the Sehet Misr (Egypt's health) mobile application.