Egypt reports 691 new coronavirus cases, 41 fatalities in 24 hours

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Mon, 14 Jun 2021 - 10:28 GMT

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Coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca developed by the University of Oxford- CCvia Flickr/Marco Verch Professional Photographer

Coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca developed by the University of Oxford- CCvia Flickr/Marco Verch Professional Photographer

CAIRO - 14 June 2020: The Health Ministry said Sunday night that 691 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country to 273,182.


In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said 41 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 15,623.

As many as 765 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 201,038 so far, the spokesman said.

Egypt has so far received millions of coronavirus vaccine doses and is planning to locally produce the first batch of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine this month.

As the country has started its vaccination campaign in January, more than 3.5 million citizens have been vaccinated, according to Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed earlier this week.

Also, the ministry started vaccinating homebound citizens against coronavirus through sending medical teams to their houses.

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