Egypt reports 155 new coronavirus cases, 19 fatalities on Thursday

CAIRO – 9 July 2021: The Health Ministry said 155 new coronavirus cases were detected on Thursday, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,737.

In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 19 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,351.

As many as 765 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 216,982 so far, the spokesman said.

Egypt, besides receiving millions of coronavirus vaccine doses from abroad, has locally produced a million Chinese Sinovac doses as part of its vaccination campaign.

The state plans to vaccinate 40 million citizens by the end of the year, representing around 40 percent of the population.

Egypt’s local production of coronavirus vaccine aims to achieve self-sufficiency for the vaccination needs in the country and to turn Egypt into a hub for exporting vaccine doses to Africa.