Egypt records 1,153 new COVID infections, 61 deaths on Thursday

CAIRO – 21 May 2021: The Health Ministry said 1,153 new coronavirus infections were detected on Thursday, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 250,391.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 61 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 14,559.

As many as 677 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 184,373 so far, the spokesman said.

On Wednesday, the Egyptian Cabinet announced extending coronavirus measures that has been applied throughout the past two weeks due to surge in cases and deaths until the end of May.

This includes closing shops, malls and restaurants on 9 P.M. every day.

Egypt has received millions of coronavirus vaccine doses, with the health minister affirming that millions more to come soon.

So far, Egypt has vaccinated about 1.5 million citizens against coronavirus in vaccination centers nationwide.