The Health Ministry said Friday 14/05/2021 that 1,197 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 243, 317.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 56 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 14,206.

As many as 556 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 179,817 so far, the spokesman said.