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CAIRO, Oct 29 (KUNA) -- The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population said Thursday that 179 people contracted the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and 13 others died from the illness over the past 24 hours.
The figures took the overall lab-confirmed cases to 107,209 and the death toll to 6,247, the ministry's spokesman Dr. Khaled Mujahed noted in a press release this evening.
As many as 90 patients have been discharged from hospitals, bringing the overall recoveries to 99,273, he added. (end)
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