Egypt reports 767 new coronavirus cases, 47 fatalities – EgyptToday

  • Date: 06-Apr-2021
  • Source: Egypt Today
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Egypt reports 767 new coronavirus cases, 47 fatalities – EgyptToday

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CAIRO - 6 April 2020: Egypt had detected 767 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 205,732.

In a statement by the Health Ministry on Monday, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 47 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 12,210.

As many as 355 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 156,574 so far, the spokesman said.

Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed stated that 148,987 medics and citizens of priority (aged above 40 and/or suffering from chronic diseases) have got vaccinated until the evening of April 3.

The minister instructed extending working hours at vaccination centers from 9:00