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Egypt reported on Friday 1,412 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total cases in the country to 72,711, said the Health Ministry.
According to Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed, 81 patients died from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 3,201.
Some 402 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals, taking the total recoveries to 19,690, the spokesman said.
Megahed underlined Egypt's close cooperation with the World Health Organization regarding the pandemic.
Egypt announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case on Feb. 14 and the first death from the highly infectious virus on March 8.
Daily infections in the country have been exceeding 1,000 since May 28, with a record of 1,774 infections on June 19.
On Thursday, Egypt received two flights carrying 313 tourists from Switzerland and Belarus, a day after it received two flights with 297 tourists from Ukraine.
The arrival of foreign visitors came while Egypt resumed on Wednesday international flights after more than three months of suspension over COVID-19 concerns.
Egypt has recently lifted a partial nighttime curfew imposed in the country over the past three months, amid a "coexistence plan" to maintain anti-coronavirus precautionary measures while resuming economic activities.
The country has reopened restaurants, cafes, theaters and cinemas with 25 percent of their capacity, and started gradual reopening of museums and archeological sites for tourists.
Egypt and China have been cooperating closely in fighting the pandemic through exchanging medical aid and expertise.
In early February, Egypt provided aid to China to help its fight against COVID-19 and China later returned favor by sending three batches of medical aid to the North African country, the latest of which was in mid-May.
Since mid-April, Chinese doctors and medical experts have held three video conferences with Egyptian counterparts to share their experience in the prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus.
