Algeria confirms 2,418 coronavirus cases, 364 fatalities
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ALGIERS, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Algeria on Friday reported 150 new coronavirus cases and 16 more deaths, bringing the total COVID-19 cases in the country to 2,418.
Djamel Fourar, head of the COVID-19 detection and follow-up commission, told reporters that the 16 death cases were reported between April 8 and 16, adding the death toll has increased to 364.
"No death case has been reported in the past 24 hours," he said, adding 846 have been cured of the disease so far.
The majority of infections and deaths are reported in the capital Algiers and its adjacent province of Blida, according to Fourar.
The Algerian government has imposed a 24-hour lockdown in Blida, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the North African country, while partial lockdown is being observed in the rest of the country until April 19. Enditem
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