Tourists visit the Pyramid of Menkaure at the Giza Plateau in Giza, Egypt, Dec. 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Meng Tao)

Cairo (People's Daily) - Egypt on Tuesday reported 30 patients tested positive to COVID-19, with the confirmed cases standing now at 196. 

Two more coronavirus deaths were also announced on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to six in the country, Egypt's Health Ministry said in a statement.