Egypt coronavirus count surpasses 40,000

Cairo : Egypt has registered a record 1,577 new cases of the coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours, which brings the country’s tally to over 40,000, Khaled Megahed, a spokesperson for the country’s Health Ministry, said on Friday.

“A total of 1,577 new positive tests for coronavirus were registered. They were detected through monitoring people who were in contact with infected people. Forty-five people died from the disease over the past day,” Megahed said in a statement obtained by Sputnik.

The previous record in the daily increase in COVID-19 cases -1,536 was recorded on May 31.

“The total number of coronavirus patients in Egypt is 41,303, 11,108 people have recovered, 1,422 people have died,” the official added.

Source: ANI