The Health Ministry said Tuesday that 769 new coronavirus infections were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in Egypt since the beginning of the outbreak to 388,651.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said 19 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 21,836.

As many as 821 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 323,001 so far, the spokesman said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt