Egypt reports 889 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths in 24 hours

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Egypt Today staff

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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 - 11:19 GMT

BY

Egypt Today staff

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 - 11:19 GMT

An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

CAIRO - 26 October 2021: The Health Ministry said Monday that 889 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 325,508.


In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said 48 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 18,333.

As many as 755 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 274,762 so far, the spokesman said. 

On Oct. 25, Zayed announced receiving the third shipment of Johnson & Johnson vaccine including 1,058,400 million doses.

 
This comes within the framework of the mechanism of the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) in cooperation with the African Export–Import Bank as part of the state's plan on diversity and expansion in providing anti-coronavirus vaccine.
 
Assistant Health Minister Khaled Megahed asserted the importance of continuous cooperation with the international organizations to stand against the coronavirus pandemic and provide the vaccine for the citizens.
 
The shipment will be distributed on 1,100 vaccination centers all over the governorates, he said.
He said that Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective against coronavirus, urging the citizens to register to get the vaccine on http://www.egcovac.mohp.gov.eg.
 
He asserted that the Egyptian state saves no effort to provide vaccines for free for the citizens.

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