Egypt reports 532 new COVID-19 infections, 30 deaths on Sunday

CAIRO - 21 June 2020: The Health Ministry said Sunday night that 532 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 277,288.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Dr Khaled Megahed said 30 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 15,859.

As many as 456 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 205,613 so far, the spokesman said.

It is noted that Egypt is getting 40 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine through Covax. Until present, the country got 2.2 million doses of those in addition to two million Sinopharm doses within a deal with China comprising 20 million doses.

Furthermore, Egypt will produce 40 million doses annually of Sinovac and Sputnic V vaccines. Production of the former will begin in a few days as 1,400 liters of raw material have been delivered by China to produce 2,250,000 doses as a first phase. The second consists of five million doses.

The ministry also stated that 10 million Sputnic V doses will be delivered to Egypt soon.