Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has increased to over 4.7 million, while the death toll has surpassed 315,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 4,713,620, while the death toll increased to 315,185, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
The US currently accounts for the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 1,486,515 and 89,562, respectively. In terms of cases, Russia has the second highest number of infections at 281,752, followed by the UK (244,995), Brazil (241,080), Spain (230,698), Italy (225,435), France (179,693), Germany (176,369), Turkey (149,435) and Iran (120,198), the CSSE figures showed.
Meanwhile, the UK accounted for the second highest COVID-19 deaths worldwide at 34,716. The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are Italy (31,908), France (28,111), Spain (27,563) and Brazil (16,118).
Meanwhile, 18 patients died from the novel coronavirus in Egypt, raising the death toll to 630, Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said in a statement on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.
The country also saw a new record of daily recoveries, as 222 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals on Sunday, increasing the total recoveries to 3,172, according to the statement.
Megahed underlined Egypt’s close cooperation and coordination with the World Health Organization regarding COVID-19 case detection and necessary medical care.
The populous country is currently implementing a nationwide nine-hour nighttime curfew from 9 pm to 6 am local time during the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan that ends on 23 May.
From 24 May, which marks the beginning of the post-Ramadan Eid al-Fitr holiday, the evening curfew will be 13 hours, instead of nine, for six days to maintain social distancing and avoid gatherings amid the growth in the COVID-19 cases.