The Health Ministry said late Saturday that 912 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 221,570.
In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 39 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 12,998.
As many as 433 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 166,457 so far, the spokesman said.
Egypt’s Health Minister Hala Zayed said on Saturday the third coronavirus wave worldwide has seen an increase of 10 percent in new cases and 7 percent in related deaths.
In a press conference to address the coronavirus situation in the country, Zayed said the coronavirus cases are slightly increasing every week.
She affirming that the surge in cases this month was expected as it coincides with religious occasions, including Ramadan, and related social activities that help the virus to spread.
As Egypt has so far received over 1.5 million coronavirus vaccines, Zayed said during the press conference that millions of vaccines are set to arrive from Sinopharm and through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX).
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