国际英语资讯:Egypt sees record 774 daily new COVID-19 cases, 15,003 in total
<p><span word="CAIRO">CAIRO</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 21-- <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="witnessed">witnessed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> 774 <span word="single">single</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="cases">cases</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="February">February</span> <span word="to">to</span> 15,003, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="consecutive">consecutive</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="exceed">exceed</span> 700.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, 16 <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span>, <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="to">to</span> 696, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Khaled">Khaled</span> <span word="Megahed">Megahed</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span>, 223 <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="completely">completely</span> <span word="cured">cured</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="discharged">discharged</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="recoveries">recoveries</span> <span word="to">to</span> 4,217, <span word="Megahed">Megahed</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="Earlier">Earlier</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="Egyptian">Egyptian</span> <span word="Higher">Higher</span> <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Khaled">Khaled</span> <span word="Abdel">Abdel</span>-<span word="Ghaffar">Ghaffar</span> <span word="explained">explained</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="ones">ones</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 71,000," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="televised">televised</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Abdel">Abdel</span>-<span word="Fattah">Fattah</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Sisi">Sisi</span>.</p><p><span word="Citing">Citing</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span>, <span word="Abdel">Abdel</span>-<span word="Ghaffar">Ghaffar</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="infections">infections</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="declining">declining</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="July">July</span>.</p><p><span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="infection">infection</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 14 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="March">March</span> 8, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="foreigners">foreigners</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="populous">populous</span> <span word="Arab">Arab</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="implementing">implementing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="nine">nine</span>-<span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="curfew">curfew</span> <span word="from">from</span> 9 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="to">to</span> 6 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="holy">holy</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ramadan">Ramadan</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="May">May</span> 23.</p>
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