CAIRO, May 10-- Egypt reported on Sunday 436 new cases and 11 deaths of COVID-19, bringing the total infections registered in the country so far to 9,400, including 525 deaths. Meanwhile, 73 COVID-19 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals on Sunday, raising the total recoveries to 2,075, said Egyptian health ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed in a statement. Megahed emphasized that all the patients infected with the novel coronavirus in Egypt receive medical care "in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization." Egypt announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Feb. 14 and the first death on March 8, both of whom were foreigners. |