The Health Ministry said Saturday evening that 948 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 330,084.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said 57 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 18,592.

As many as 390 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 277,623 so far, the spokesman said.

Source: State Information Service Egypt