FILE: A member of the medical staff shows a used sample container at a test center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2020. - ReutersCAIRO – 16 April 2021: Egypt detected 837 coronavirus cases on Thursday, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 213,798. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 41 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 12,611. As many as 439 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 161,470 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt’s Ministry of Health stressed the importance of committing to COVID-19’s precautionary measures during the holy month of Ramadan.

Source: Egypt Today April 16, 2021 07:41 UTC