Iranian family wear protective masks to prevent contracting a coronavirus, as they stand at Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran February 20, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERSCAIRO - 8 November 2020: Egypt's Health Ministry said Sunday that 239 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 109,201. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 13 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 6,368. As many as 103 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 100,342 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt is participating in the international efforts to find a vaccine for coronavirus along with another three Arab countries, UAE, Bahrain, and Jordan.

Source: Egypt Today November 04, 2020 22:52 UTC