On 12 August, the Ministry of Health announced, in its daily press briefing on the epidemiological situation in the country, it had recorded 261 recoveries, 7 deaths, and 303 new cases of COVID-19, distributed as follows:
Timbedra : 1
Aioun El Atrouss : 2
Barkeol : 10
Guerou : 5
Kankossa : 1
Kiffa : 4
Kaedi : 1
Mbout : 5
Maghama : 5
Aleg : 8
Bababe : 1
Maghta-Lahjar : 5
Boutilimit : 12
Keur Macene : 4
Mederdra : 2
Rkiz : 6
Rosso : 7
Aoujeft : 4
Atar : 19
Chinguitti : 3
Chami : 1
Nouadhibou : 33
Moudjeria : 11
Tidjikja : 3
Selibaby : 4
Zouerate : 8
Akjoujt : 2
Benichaab : 1
Ksar : 11
Sebkha : 3
Tevragh-Zeïna : 31
Dar Naim : 11
Teyaret : 3
Toujounine : 14
Arafat : 40
El Mina : 6
Riyad : 16
The new figures brought the total number of infections in the country to 29,307 including 25,137 recoveries and 627 deaths.