The Egyptian Medical Syndicate announced Saturday that one of its members has died of coronavirus, bringing the total death-toll among Egyptian doctors from the pandemic to 203. A union statement said that Raghda al-Dakhakhny, lecturer of obstetrics and gynecology at the Faculty of Medicine at Tanta University, died of COVID-19 complications. Health and Population Minister Hala Zayed last week ordered health directorates across the country increase isolation hospitals to receive any suspected coronavirus cases. Egypt’s Health Ministry on Friday reported 363 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases up to 112,318. And 121 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals on Friday, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 101,685.

Source: Egypt Independent November 21, 2020 13:52 UTC