CAIRO - 5 December 2020: Egypt registered on Tuesday 431 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 118,014, according to a statement released by Health Ministry. Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 18 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,750. As many as 133 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 103,324 so far, the spokesman said. A statement by the Cabinet on Friday, Nov.27 denied the reports circulated on some social media pages, alleging that public hospitals are covering up the real number of coronavirus-linked deaths in Egypt. The health ministry urged media outlets and social media users to verify the authenticity of any baseless information before publishing it to avoid causing confusion among citizens.

Source: Egypt Today December 02, 2020 11:15 UTC