The Health Ministry said Sunday night that 179 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,082.
In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 22 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,264.
As many as 459 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 214,087 so far, the spokesman said.
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