The Health Ministry said Friday 04/09/2020 that 157 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases to 99,582.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 16 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5,495.

As many as 890 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 76,305 so far, the spokesman said.