BREAKING: High-ranking Egyptian Major General dies of coronavirus

Egyptian Major General Khaled Shaltout died from the coronavirus, the country’s Armed Forces announced in a statement on Sunday.

Major General Shaltout, Chief of Staff of the Water Department of the Egyptian Armed Forces’ Engineering Authority, took part in the military operations to sanitize state institutions and locations for large public gatherings in an effort to curb the spread of the virus pandemic.

The North African country reported nine new coronavirus cases and two fatalities, the health ministry said in a statement earlier on Saturday, bringing the totals to 294 confirmed infections and 10 deaths.