CAIRO  - Egypt expects economic growth of between 2.8% and 4.0% in the fiscal year 2021/22, which starts next July, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said in televised comments on Friday.

Egypt had hoped for growth of 6.0-6.5% before the coronavirus crisis, Maait told the DMC channel.

(Reporting by Hesham Abdul Khalek and Ehab Farouk; writing by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Kevin Liffey) ((mahmoud.mourad@thomsonreuters.com))