Sharjah 24 – KUNA: The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population reported that 1,219 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and 54 patients succumbed to it over the past 24 hours.
The figures took the country's tally to 146,809 infections and 8,029 deaths, the ministry's spokesman Dr. Khaled Mujahed noted in a press release on Thursday.
Up to 800 patients have been discharged from hospitals, bringing the overall recoveries to 116,775, he added.
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