Coronavirus on the Nile : COVID-19 patients number goes to 256 in Egypt , 1 death and No Curfews so far "Updated"

A father and a daughter in a Cairo bus stop
"Mohamed Shokry"

On 19 March 2020

Egypt’s ministry of health announced Wednesday evening that  46 new positive Corona cases have been registered in Egypt raising the COVID-19 total patients in the country to 256

It also recorded one death

On 18 March 2020 

Egypt’s ministry of health announced Wednesday evening that 14 new positive Corona cases have been registered in Egypt raising the COVID-19 total patients in the country to 210.

It was 196 last night.


There have been no more fatalities and the number of fully recovered cases that left the quarantine hospital increased to 28.

The Egyptian armed forces denied rumors that a curfew was going to impose nationwide Wednesday evening.


I have started a new live blog, I will keep updating it till the ministry of health issues a new statement with a new number of patients or big announcements in general.