The Health Ministry said Thursday night that 2,281 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed infections since the outbreak in the country began to 432,761.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 45 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 22,780.

As many as 2,003 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 364,528 so far, the spokesman said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt