You guessed it: We’ve hit another record daily tally: The Health Ministry reported 2,291 new covid-19 infections yesterday, up from 2,223 the day before — an eighth consecutive record high. Egypt has now disclosed a total of 428,202 confirmed cases of covid-19. The ministry also reported 48 new deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 22,683.

Cases likely won’t cool off until the middle of the month, according to the head of Vacsera’s allergy center.

The vaccine tally: 26,360,054 people are now fully vaccinated against the virus, while some 11.1 mn people have received only their first shots and 622,204 people have received booster shots.

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