The Health and Population Ministry said on Saturday 1/5/2021 that 1,032 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 228,584.

In a statement, Spokesperson for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 63 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 13,402

As many as 769 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 171,542 so far, the spokesperson said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt