The Egyptian Ministry of Health in its daily coronavirus update statement reported 45 new deaths in the past 24 hours nationwide, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 21,060.

The statement added that 499 patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 306,605.

The Egyptian government set a goal by the end of the month to vaccinate 40 million citizens. According to acting Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar , 48 million vaccine doses have been administrated in the country so.