Algeria logged a new COVID-19 case number of 2,211 in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall number of infections to 234,536.
According to the daily briefing issued by the country's health authorities, 13 people have died from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 6,481.
Algeria closed schools for ten days starting Thursday due to a huge increase in cases caused by the Omicron variant.
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