CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced five more swine flu deaths Wednesday, raising the H1N1 death toll in Egypt to 122.
All five cases are women: a 61-year-old from Giza, a 48-year-old from Alexandria, a 35-year-old from Kafr El-Sheikh, a 34-year-old from Damietta and a 23-year-old from Qaliubeya.
On the other hand, Governor of Cairo Abdel Azim Wazir ordered 13 schools in the governorate closed along with nine classes in different schools where cases of swine flu were reported.
According to the latest swine flu weekly report released by the Ministry of Health, the number of cases in Egypt reached 10,056. These include 3,990 cases among school students and 529 university students.
The number of recovered patients reached 9,828, which is over 97 percent of the total number of cases.
