It was the 12th extension of the state of emergency since it came into effect on April 10, 2017, a day after attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday that killed at least 44 people. The extension of the state of emergency has been cited as citing health and safety measures. In Egypt, where there have been 5042 cases of coronavirus, 359 people have died from the disease. Sisi administration has been accused of hiding the case numbers.
