The Health Ministry reported 801 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 783 the day before. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 387,159 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 29 new deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 21,797.

More Pfizer shots from the US: Egypt received an additional 1.5 mn Pfizer shots from the US, the US Embassy in Cairo said on Saturday. This pushes the total number of Pfizer vaccines we’ve gotten from the US to 16.5 mn by our count. The US has also given us 3.5 mn doses of Moderna and more than 1.3 mn of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.

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