CAIRO, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday 387 new cases and 17 deaths of COVID-19, raising the total infections registered in the country to 7,588 and the death toll to 469.
Meanwhile, 85 COVID-19 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, increasing total recoveries to 1,815, said the ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed in a statement.
"All the cases that are registered as positive for the novel coronavirus virus receive medical care at isolation and quarantine hospitals in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization," he pointed out.
The Egyptian government has recently started to ease restrictions and reopen services and offices that have been suspended since mid-March, within a coexistence plan to carry out anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming services and economic activities.
The most populous Arab country is currently implementing a nationwide nine-hour nighttime curfew that will continue throughout the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Enditem
