A woman wearing a face mask is seen at a Saturday market in Al Ayat, Giza province, Egypt, on June 6, 2020. Egypt registered on Saturday 1,497 daily new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 32,612, said the health ministry. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
CAIRO, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Egypt registered on Saturday 1,497 daily new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 32,612, said the health ministry.
This is the 10th consecutive day for Egypt's COVID-19 daily infections to exceed 1,000.
Death toll from the disease rose to 1,198 after 32 fatalities were added, health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement.
The spokesman said that 380 patients left hospitals in the past 24 hours after fully cured, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 8,538.
Egypt announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case on Feb. 14 and the first death from the highly infectious virus on March 8, both foreigners.
Since March 25, the Egyptian government has been imposing a nighttime curfew, which varied between nine and 13 hours, to curb the spread of the deadly virus.
The current nine-hour curfew will continue until mid-June, when the government will consider easing relevant restrictions amid a coexistence plan to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming economic activities.
The government has already started gradual reopening of services and offices, and allowed reopening of about 100 hotels for local tourists with 50-percent capacity after they were given official hygiene safety certificates.
Egypt and China have been cooperating closely in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, through mutual provision of medical aid and sharing experiences in containing the spread of the deadly respiratory disease.
In early February, Egypt was among the first nations to provide aid to China in its fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
China, after having largely controlled the pandemic, returned favor by sending three batches of medical aid to Egypt.
On April 16, May 10 and May 16, Chinese doctors held video conferences with Egyptian counterparts to share their experiences in prevention and treatment of the virus.
