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Home » Libya records 29 deaths, 2688 new cases of COVID-19

Libya records 29 deaths, 2688 new cases of COVID-19

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2001 people test positive for Coronavirus, 31 others dead in Libya
People register their names at a COVID-19 testing center in Misrata, Libya, Sunday, July 11, 2021. A video posted on the Facebook page of Libya’s National Center for Disease Control on Friday said Libya has seen an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases amid a slow vaccination program and concerns about the highly infectious delta variant. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libya recorded on Monday 2,688 new cases of COVID-19, marking 28 percent of infection rate, while 29 people were recorded to have died and 1,688 others recovered, according to a statement by the National Central for Disease Control (NCDC).

This brings the total toll of recorded COVID-19 cases in Libya to over 284,000 cases since the start of the pandemic, over 207,000 of which have recovered. Death toll of the virus have reached 3,933 in total, while over 862,000 people were vaccinated.

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