Egypt records 1332 COVID-19 cases, 87 deaths

CAIRO - 23 June 2020: Egypt recorded, Tuesday, 1332 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 58141.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 87 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 2365.


As many as 402 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 15535 so far, the spokesman said.

Also, the number of coronavirus patients who had now been retested for the virus and had received negative results has reached 17022, he added.

The Egyptian Drug Authority announced signing a deal with AstraZeneca to supply the country with the Oxford University's vaccine for COVID-19 without disclosing the number of doses or the delivery date.