CAIRO, June 11 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt reported 1,455 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections registered in the country since mid-Feb to 38,284, said the Health Ministry.
COVID-19 daily infections in Egypt have been exceeding 1,000 cases since May 28, with a record 1,536 on May 31.
On Wednesday (yesterday), 36 patients died from the virus, raising the death toll to 1,342, the Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said.
The highest single-day fatalities in the country were seen on June 2 when 47 patients died from the disease.
As many as 503 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, increasing the total recoveries to 10,289.
The capital, Cairo and the nearby provinces of Giza and Qalioubiya, reported the highest numbers of infections, while the provinces of the Red Sea, Matrouh and South Sinai see the lowest.
Egypt announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case on Feb 14, and the first death on Mar 8, both foreigners.
Since Mar 25, the Egyptian government has been imposing a nighttime curfew as a key precautionary measure in combating the deadly virus.
The ongoing nine-hour curfew will continue until mid-June, when the government will consider easing relevant restrictions, amid a coexistence plan to maintain anti-virus precautionary measures while resuming economic activities.
The government already started gradual reopening of services and offices, and allowed reopening of dozens of hotels for local tourists with 50-percent capacity after they were given official safety certificates.
“The number of reopened hotels reached 196, after 22 hotels in six provinces have been inspected and given an official safety certificate on Wednesday,” Abdel-Fattah al-Aasy, assistant minister of tourism and antiquities for monitoring tourism and hotel facilities, said. It’s expected the number of reopened hotels to double by the end of this month.– NNN-MENA
