CAIRO, June 9 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt reported 1,365 COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total infections in the country to 35,444.
Egypt registered 34 more fatalities from the virus in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,271, said Khaled Megahed, the health ministry’s spokesman, in a statement.
Meanwhile, the total recoveries increased to 9,375 after 414 new ones were added, he said.
It is the 12th day in a row for Egypt’s daily new COVID-19 infections to go beyond 1,000.
Egypt is working on increasing the number of hospitals treating virus patients from 340 to 376.
As a key precautionary measure, the Egyptian government has been imposing a nighttime curfew since Mar 25.
The current nine-hour curfew will continue until mid-June, when the government will consider easing relevant restrictions, amid a coexistence plan to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures.
The government already started gradual reopening of services and offices, and allowed reopening of about 100 hotels for local tourists, with a 50-percent capacity, after they were given official hygiene safety certificates.– NNN-MENA
