Egypt's COVID-19 case count surpasses 100,000

By ANI | Published: September 8, 2020 07:28 AM2020-09-08T07:28:19+5:302020-09-08T07:45:07+5:30

The number of recorded cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Egypt has topped 100,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.

Egypt's COVID-19 case count surpasses 100,000 | Egypt's COVID-19 case count surpasses 100,000

Egypt's COVID-19 case count surpasses 100,000

The number of recorded cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Egypt has topped 100,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.

"The total number of coronavirus cases in Egypt is 100,041 people," ministry spokesman Khaled Mugahed said in a statement obtained by Sputnik.

Mugahed said that overall, 5,541 patients had died from COVID-19 and more than 79,000 people had recovered.

The World Health Orgzation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic on March 11. The WHO says the global coronavirus death toll has topped 881,000 people, and the global case count exceeds 27 million. (/Sputnik)

( With inputs from ANI )

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