Egypt’s Health Ministry on Friday confirmed 41 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 283,947. The total tally of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 16,477 nationwide, after the ministry announced seven more. And 533 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 227,068. Madbouly announced at the beginning of June that 2.5 million citizens have received a vaccine against COVID-19, out of Egypt’s population of 104 million. Egypt’s Prime Minister added that Egypt has also produced one million doses of coronavirus vaccines thus far.

Source: Egypt Independent July 15, 2021 08:48 UTC