Egypt’s Health Ministry on Friday confirmed 127 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 282,864. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 16,368 nationwide, after the ministry announced 17 deaths. And 342 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 217,324. 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 102 million. Egypt’s Prime Minister added that Egypt has also produced one million doses of coronavirus vaccines thus far.

Source: Egypt Independent July 10, 2021 10:18 UTC