File- FILE PHOTO: The word "COVID-19" is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoCAIRO - 8 August 2021: The Health Ministry said Friday that 61 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country to 284,641. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said four patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,566. As many as 224 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 232,825 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt will receive 148.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine between August and the year end, Health Minister Hala Zayed said last month.
