ALGIERS- Covid-19 cases are rising in Algeria as 236 new confirmed Coronavirus cases were recorded in Algeria during the last 24 hours while 147 patients recovered, while 9 people lost their lives, according Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform today statement.
The total number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus, thus, stands at 121,580, including 236 new cases, that of deaths at 3,234 cases, while the number of cured patients has reached 84,745 cases, the statement pointed out.
In addition, 23 patients are currently in intensive care, added the same source.
To this end, 23 provinces have not recorded any cases during the last 24 hours, 16 others have recorded 1 to 9 cases, while 7 provinces have recorded more than 10 cases.
The ministry recalled, at the same time, that the current epidemiological situation requires all citizens to be vigilant and respect the rules of hygiene and physical distancing, while insisting on respect for lockdown measures and the wearing of a mask.
Earlier on Tuesday, President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune chaired a meeting to assess the pandemic situation in Algeria, in which he gave a series of instructions mainly:
– Precise statistics must be provided from each province while taking into consideration the sources of contamination estate by estate and village by village in order to take decisions based on precise figures and to start an urgent epidemiological inquiry on the new variants in Algeria.
– The awareness campaigns must be intensified and the prevention measures must be respected, in the light of the carelessness that has been recorded so far. The awareness-raising must include all the public spaces and structures, notably the educational establishments, mosques, markets, stores and means of transportation.
– Fines must be rigorously implemented alongside the intensification of the control of the compliance with prevention measures.
– The total closure of land, sea and air borders is maintained and the level of vigilance raised on a daily basis.
– Concerning the national stock of vaccines and the vaccination campaign, President Tebboune ordered to speed up the pace of vaccination nationwide and to immediately implement the project of manufacturing the vaccine “Sputnik V.”
