the time-varying reproduction number r t was lower than 1.0 in november and december. december 2020 in december it was announced that algeria intended to launch covid-19 vaccinations in january 2021. president tebboune returned from two months' hospitalization in germany. there were 16,411 new cases in december, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 99,610. the death toll rose to 2,756. the number of recovered patients increased to 67,127, leaving 29,727 active cases at the end of the month. january to march 2021 less than two weeks after his return, president tebboune flew back to germany for more covid-19 care. mass vaccination commenced on 29 january, initially using 50,000 doses of the sputnik v covid-19 vaccine. there were 7,637 new cases in january, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 107,247. the death toll rose to 2,893. the number of recovered patients increased to 73,250, leaving 31,104 active cases at the end of the month. there were 5,753 new cases in february, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 113,000. the death toll rose to 2,985. the number of recovered patients increased to 78,004, leaving 32,011 active cases at the end of the month. as of 16 march, there were 115,410 confirmed cumulative cases and 3,040 deaths. there were 4,192 new cases in march, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 117,192. the death toll rose to 3,093. the number of recovered patients increased to 81,538, leaving 32,561 active cases at the end of the month. april to june 2021 by 24 april 2021, health authority reported that there are 120,562 confirmed cases with 3,190 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic. there were 5,119 new cases in april, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 122,311. the death toll rose to 3,261. the number of recovered patients increased to 85,249, leaving 33,801 active cases at the end of the month. there were 6,702 new cases in may, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 129,013. the death toll rose to 3,472. the number of recovered patients increased to 89,839, leaving 35,702 active cases at the end of the month. there were 10,613 new cases in june, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 139,626. the death toll rose to 3,716. the number of recovered patients increased to 97,089, leaving 38,821 active cases at the end of the month. july to september 2021 recently appointed prime minister aymen benabderrahmane tested positive on 10 july and was forced to work from home for seven days. there were 31,766 new cases in july, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 171,392. the death toll rose to 4,254. the number of recovered patients increased to 115,335, leaving 51,803 active cases at the end of the month. there were 24,688 new cases in august, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 196,080. the death toll rose to 5,269. the number of recovered patients increased to 133,395, leaving 57,416 active cases at the end of the month. there were 7,279 new cases in september, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 203,359. the death toll rose to 5,812. the number of recovered patients increased to 139,309, leaving 58,238 active cases at the end of the month. october to december 2021 there were 3,093 new cases in october, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 206,452. the death toll rose to 5,920. the number of recovered patients increased to 141,667, leaving 58,865 active cases at the end of the month. there were 4,079 new cases in november, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 210,531. the death toll rose to 6,071. the number of recovered patients increased to 144,450, leaving 60,010 active cases at the end of the month. algeria's first case of the omicron variant was confirmed on 14 december. there were 7,901 new cases in december, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 218,432. the death toll rose to 6,276. the number of recovered patients increased to 150,084, leaving 62,072 active cases at the end of the month. modelling by who's regional office for africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true cumulative number of infections by the end of 2021 was around 20 million while the true number of covid-19 deaths was around 21,491. january to march 2022 there were 33,685 new cases in january, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 252,117. the death toll rose to 6,579. the number of recovered patients increased to 220,183, leaving 25,355 active cases at the end of the month. there were 12,819 new cases in february, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 264,936. the death toll rose to 6,835. the number of recovered patients increased to 255,334, leaving 2,767 active cases at the end of the month. there were 735 new cases in march, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 265,671. the death toll rose to 6,874. the number of recovered patients increased to 258,637, leaving 160 active cases at the end of the month. april to june 2022 there were 109 new cases in april, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 265,780. the death toll rose to 6,875. the number of recovered patients increased to 258,864, leaving 41 active cases at the end of the month. there were 104 new cases in may, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 265,884. the death toll remained unchanged. the number of recovered patients increased to 258,953, leaving 56 active cases at the end of the month. there were 203 new cases in june, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 266,087. the death toll remained unchanged. the number of recovered patients increased to 259,089, leaving 123 active cases at the end of the month. july to december 2022 there were 1,367 new cases in july, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 267,454. the death toll rose to 6,876. the number of recovered patients increased to 259,569, leaving 1,009 active cases at the end of the month. the total number of confirmed cases rose to 270,838 in october. the death toll rose to 6,881. the number of recovered patients increased to 263,876, leaving 81 active cases at the end of the month. the total number of confirmed cases rose to 271,090 in november. the death toll remained unchanged. january to december 2023 the total number of confirmed cases rose to 271,378 in january, 271,441 in february, 271,592 in march, 271,712 in april. the death toll remained unchanged. the number of recovered patients increased to 264,411 in january and 264,528 in february, leaving 86 active cases at the end of january and 32 at the end of february. statistics cumulative number of cases confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries per province province first case confirmed cases deaths recoveries algiers 13 march 2020 6,506 145 261 blida 1 march 2020 4,435 131 133 oran 21 march 2020 4,248 22 234 sétif 19 march 2020 3,408 61 2 batna 25 march 2020 2,183 17 0 béjaïa 17 march 2020 2,139 28 1 constantine 22 march 2020 1,765 25 0 annaba 17 march 2020 1,530 10 3 tipaza 22 march 2020 1,505 37 0 tizi ouzou 12 march 2020 1,497 16 37 jijel 22 march 2020 1,467 8 17 m'sila 30 march 2020 1,423 29 14 tlemcen 23 march 2020 1,405 8 0 bouira 16 march 2020 1,394 13 15 ouargla 30 march 2020 1,361 26 1 biskra 25 march 2020 1,352 12 2 djelfa 26 march 2020 1,213 11 100 boumerdès 18 march 2020 1,206 10 1 el oued 18 march 2020 1,116 23 0 tebessa 3 april 2020 1,058 24 100 tiaret 2 april 2020 959 22 0 médéa 18 march 2020 826 19 73 mostaganem 23 march 2020 795 4 60 ain defla 24 march 2020 777 9 100 oum el bouaghi 25 march 2020 773 10 162 ain temouchent 23 march 2020 714 5 0 laghouat 24 march 2020 701 9 0 skikda 12 march 2020 698 8 3 adrar 15 march 2020 667 8 0 khenchela 20 march 2020 623 5 0 guelma 26 march 2020 567 1 51 souk ahras 12 march 2020 487 7 0 mila 4 april 2020 475 11 0 ghardaïa 26 march 2020 440 10 0 tissemsilt 19 march 2020 435 5 1 sidi bel abbes 23 march 2020 427 16 0 bordj bou arréridj 16 march 2020 422 30 107 el taref 26 march 2020 356 1 20 béchar 3 april 2020 348 3 0 mascara 5 march 2020 337 12 2 naâma 6 april 2020 264 1 1 chlef 23 march 2020 248 3 0 el bayadh 6 april 2020 232 6 15 relizane 23 march 2020 229 3 38 tindouf 1 may 2020 205 1 0 tamanrasset 13 april 2020 202 4 0 illizi 31 march 2020 140 0 0 saïda 10 april 2020 72 0 0 total 55,108 2,111 43,377 latest update: november 12, 2020