Egypt detects 953 new coronavirus cases, 51 fatalities Sunday

CAIRO, April 25 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said late Sunday that 953 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 222,523.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 51 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 13,049.

As many as 567 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 167,024 so far, the spokesman said.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health warned against negligence in following the precautionary measures of coronavirus especially during the current period.

The Ministry added in statement, Monday that the world is witnessing a hike in infections by nearly 10 percent, as the rate death due to the virus has increased by 7 percent during the third wave.

The Ministry indicated that the current month of April is witnessing increase in the number of infections in Egypt. It was added that despite the increase rate is slight; it still continuing.