A man wearing a face mask exercises before curfew at a park in Cairo, Egypt, May 13, 2020. Egypt confirmed on Wednesday 338 new cases and 12 deaths of COVID-19, raising the total infections in the country to 10,431 and death toll to 556. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
CAIRO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Egypt confirmed on Wednesday 338 new cases and 12 deaths of COVID-19, raising the total infections in the country to 10,431 and death toll to 556.
The country also saw a record of recovered cases for the second day in a row, as 160 patients were cured from the novel coronavirus and discharged from hospitals on Wednesday, bringing total recoveries to 2,486, said the Egyptian health ministry in a statement.
The ministry's spokesman Khaled Megahed underscored Egypt's close cooperation and coordination with the World Health Organization regarding COVID-19 detection and necessary medical care.
"All the cases that are registered as positive for the virus receive medical care at isolation and quarantine hospitals in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization," Megahed pointed out.
Egypt announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Feb. 14 and the first death on March 8.
The Egyptian government has recently started to ease restrictions and reopen services and offices that have been suspended since mid-March, amid a "coexistence plan" to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming services, businesses and economic activities.
The North African country is currently implementing a nationwide nine-hour nighttime curfew that will continue throughout the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
