CAIRO, 13th February, 2021 (WAM) The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population recorded 609 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to 172,602 infections.
The ministry's spokesman Dr. Khaled Mujahed said that 42 people have died of the illness in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 9,899.
He added that 508 people have recovered bringing the total number of recoveries to 134,215.
Daily cases have now fallen in many European countries after steep rises in October. Lockdowns and other restrictions were reintroduced in some of the worst-affected regions to help bring numbers down.
In the past one week, the US witnessed a significant drop in the number of new confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths, as well as hospitalizations, according to The Covid Tracking Project.
February 07, 2021
As many as 106.4 million (106,427,511) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,322,059 have died.
LONDON As many as 106.4 million (106,427,511) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,322,059 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 78,085,060 cases of global recoveries.
Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with over 100 million confirmed cases in 218 countries and more than 2.32 million deaths. The virus is surging in many regions and countries that had apparent success in suppressing initial outbreaks are also seeing infections rise again.
The US has recorded about 26 million cases and more than 459,000 deaths, the highest figures in the world.