Egypt reported on Monday 346 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections to 9746, the health ministry said in a statement. The ministry also reported 8 fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths from COVIED-19 to 533 . The health ministry added that 97 patients have fully recovered and were discharged from isolation hospitals and quarantine facilities. The total number of recoveries from the highly contagious virus now stands at 2172. The number of patients who retested negative, including complete recoveries, has now reached 2655, ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said. Megahed added that all the positive cases are currently being treated in isolation hospitals and in quarantine facilities.