Meanwhile, 16 patients died from the coronavirus in Egypt in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 696, Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed said.

Earlier in the day, Egyptian Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar explained that the actual number of COVID-19 infections in Egypt could be five times that of confirmed infections.

"The actual figure of coronavirus infections in Egypt could be more than 71,000," the minister said in a televised conference.

The Omani health ministry announced on Thursday 327 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number in the country to 6,370.

In Iraq, 153 new cases of COVID-19 were registered, the highest daily increase so far, bringing the total number of infections to 3,877.

So far, 140 people have died from the virus in Iraq, while 2,483 others have recovered, the Iraqi health ministry said.

Lebanon's total number of COVID-19 infections increased by 63 cases to 1,024, the highest daily increase since the outbreak of the virus on Feb. 21.

The Lebanese cabinet approved on Thursday the extension of general mobilization until June 7 in an attempt to curb the number of daily infections.

The Moroccan health ministry on Thursday announced 78 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 7,211.

The number of the recoveries in Morocco rose by 182 to 4,280, while the death toll increased to 196 after two fatalities were added.

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