| COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt |
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![]() Map of governorates with confirmed (red) or suspected (blue) coronavirus cases (as of 13 May) |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
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| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
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| Location | Egypt |
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| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
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| Index case | Cairo |
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| Arrival date | 14 February 2020
(4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 5 days) |
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| Confirmed cases | 10,431 (as of 13 May)[1] |
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| Active cases | 7,389 (as of 13 May) |
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| Recovered | 2,486 (as of 13 May) |
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Deaths | 556 (as of 13 May) |
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Territories | Cases in 24 Governorates [2] |
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Egypt by 14 February 2020. As of 1 May 2020, there have been 5,895 confirmed cases, 1,460 recoveries and 406 deaths.[3]
Response
All flights from China to Egypt were banned starting on 26 January. Egypt's health ministry announced the first case in the country at Cairo International Airport involving a Chinese national on 14 February.[4][5]
Egyptian authorities had talked to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the patient had been placed in quarantined isolation in hospital.[6]
Cases
On 8 March, a 60-year-old German citizen died in Hurghada, the first German fatality from the virus.[7] The next day, the World Health Organization said that there were 56 confirmed cases in Egypt.[8] On the same day, the Egyptian Minister of Tourism said that they discovered 3 additional cases with three people who work in a hotel.[9]
In early April, cases surpassed 1000.[10]
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