Egypt registered 981 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 80,235, said the health ministry on Friday.
Also on Friday, 85 cases have died from the respiratory disease in Egypt, taking the death toll to 3,702, the ministry’s spokesman, Khaled Megahed, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, 521 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals on Friday, raising the total recoveries to 23,274, Megahed revealed.
Egypt announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case on Feb. 14 and the first death from the highly infectious virus on March 8.
Cairo resumed international flights on July 1 after more than three months of suspension, amid a coexistence plan to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming economic activities.
The North African country has recently lifted a partial nighttime curfew imposed over the past three months, and reopened restaurants, cafes, theaters and cinemas, as well as hotels, museums and archeological sites for tourists, all with limited capacity.
Egypt and China have been cooperating closely in fighting the pandemic through exchanging medical aid and expertise.
In early February, Egypt provided aid to China to help with its fight against COVID-19 and China later returned favor by sending three batches of medical aid to the country.
“So far, Chinese medical experts have held eight video conferences with Egyptian counterparts. China is so willing to strengthen remote consultation, dialogue and cooperation in the development and use of vaccines with Egypt,” Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang said at an online press conference on Wednesday.
On July 5, Liao delivered a batch of anti-coronavirus medical aid sent by the Chinese government to the Cairo-based Arab League.
