The Health Ministry said 127 new coronavirus cases were detected on Friday, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 282,864.
In a statement, the Ministry said 17 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,368.
The number of recovered cases reached 217,324 so far, the ministry said.
Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed said the country is planning to locally produce 80 million vaccine doses by the end of the year to vaccinate 40 million citizens.
Egypt already produced one million Sinovac doses as part of an agreement between the Egyptian holding company for biological products and vaccines (VACSERA).
The state plans to vaccinate 40 million citizens by the end of the year, representing around 40 percent of the population.
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