The Health Ministry said Thursday that 2,071 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 463,370.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghafar said 61 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 23,580.

As many as 1,981 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 395,235 so far, the spokesman said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt