A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks on a street in Cairo, Egypt, on April 28, 2020. Egypt witnessed a record of daily fatalities of COVID-19 with 22 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the death toll in the country to 359. Egyptian Health Ministry also confirmed on Tuesday 260 new infections with the COVID-19, raising the total COVID-19 cases registered in Egypt to 5,042. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

CAIRO, April 28  -- Egypt witnessed a record of daily fatalities of COVID-19 with 22 new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the death toll in the country to 359.

Egyptian Health Ministry also confirmed on Tuesday 260 new infections with the novel coronavirus, raising the total COVID-19 cases registered in Egypt to 5,042.

Khaled Megahed, the health ministry's spokesman, said in a statement that 68 patients were completely cured and discharged from hospitals, increasing total recoveries to 1,304.

Earlier on Tuesday, an Egyptian exceptional flight repatriated 148 citizens who were stranded in Indonesia and Oman as part of the country's efforts to protect expats.

"The 148 citizens arrived in the Red Sea resort city of Marsa Alam. They have undergone medical check and are currently in a 14-day quarantine at a hotel in Marsa Alam," Tamer Marei, Egyptian Health Ministry's undersecretary in the Red Sea province, told Xinhua on Tuesday.

Over the past six weeks, Egypt has been implementing temporary closure of schools and universities, entertainment places, restaurants, malls, museums and archeological sites, besides suspending flights and halting sports activities, to curb the outbreak of the virus.

Egypt is currently implementing a nine-hour nighttime curfew that will continue until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that started on April 24.