The Health Ministry said Monday that 2,301 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 439,651.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghafar said 59 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 22,936.

As many as 3,321 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 372,332 so far, the spokesman said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt