Egypt’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed 498 new coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total up to 278,295. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 15,935 nationwide, after the ministry announced 37 deaths. And 799 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 206,852. A country-wide partial lockdown aimed at curbing cases that has been in place since May 6 ended on Tuesday. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine, and it has plans to soon begin locally manufacturing China’s Sinovac vaccine and Russia’s Sputnik-V.

Source: Egypt Independent June 23, 2021 08:37 UTC