Factbox: Egypt's Facts and Figures About Coronavirus Outbreak
Ahmed Morsy
Wednesday 15 Apr 2020
This March 30, 2020 photo, shows the empty Giza Pyramids on lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak in Egypt (photo: AP)
Ahram Online has compiled a list of some of the most important figures concerning Egypt’s capabilities and efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.
-Egypt has 2,505 confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide, including 183 fatalities. The total number of recoveries from the virus so far stands at 553.
-To date, Egypt has 14 functioning quarantine hospitals, and 30 hospitals have already been prepared for the current phase.
-The health ministry's quarantine hospitals have 2,241 beds and 407 ICU beds, and are equipped with 346 ventilators.
-The ministry has 56 fever and pulmonology hospitals that carry out triage and referral of coronavirus patients before they are taken to quarantine hospitals.
-The health ministry has 25 central laboratories nationwide to perform coronavirus tests.
-Till last week, Egypt has conducted 25,000 coronavirus tests and has increased its capacity to around 2,000 tests a day.
-The health ministry received 477,257 inquiries in March about the coronavirus pandemic through its 105 and 15335 hotlines through 300 operators, including English-speaking ones.
-The Armed Forces have 22 quarantine hospitals equipped with 3,700 beds, 300 ICU beds, and 140 ventilators.
-The military has also set up four mobile field hospitals, with 502 beds.
-The army has set up production lines for facemasks and protective suits with a capacity of 100,000 masks and 1,000 suits a day, while maintaining reserves of 5 million masks. Some 50,000 suits are planned to be produced.
-The higher education ministry has allocated 33 buildings to serve as isolation hospitals at the universities of Cairo, Alexandria, Ain Shams, Assiut, Mansoura, Minya, and Helwan as a first phase, with 5,828 rooms capable of serving 11,304 individuals.
-The cabinet has allocated EGP 2.3 billion to compensate the irregular and seasonal workers affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus, amounting to EGP 500 a month per individual.
Wednesday 15 Apr 2020
This March 30, 2020 photo, shows the empty Giza Pyramids on lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak in Egypt (photo: AP)
Ahram Online has compiled a list of some of the most important figures concerning Egypt’s capabilities and efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.
-Egypt has 2,505 confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide, including 183 fatalities. The total number of recoveries from the virus so far stands at 553.
-To date, Egypt has 14 functioning quarantine hospitals, and 30 hospitals have already been prepared for the current phase.
-The health ministry's quarantine hospitals have 2,241 beds and 407 ICU beds, and are equipped with 346 ventilators.
-The ministry has 56 fever and pulmonology hospitals that carry out triage and referral of coronavirus patients before they are taken to quarantine hospitals.
-The health ministry has 25 central laboratories nationwide to perform coronavirus tests.
-Till last week, Egypt has conducted 25,000 coronavirus tests and has increased its capacity to around 2,000 tests a day.
-The health ministry received 477,257 inquiries in March about the coronavirus pandemic through its 105 and 15335 hotlines through 300 operators, including English-speaking ones.
-The Armed Forces have 22 quarantine hospitals equipped with 3,700 beds, 300 ICU beds, and 140 ventilators.
-The military has also set up four mobile field hospitals, with 502 beds.
-The army has set up production lines for facemasks and protective suits with a capacity of 100,000 masks and 1,000 suits a day, while maintaining reserves of 5 million masks. Some 50,000 suits are planned to be produced.
-The higher education ministry has allocated 33 buildings to serve as isolation hospitals at the universities of Cairo, Alexandria, Ain Shams, Assiut, Mansoura, Minya, and Helwan as a first phase, with 5,828 rooms capable of serving 11,304 individuals.
-The cabinet has allocated EGP 2.3 billion to compensate the irregular and seasonal workers affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus, amounting to EGP 500 a month per individual.
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