On 23 August, the Ministry of Health announced, in its daily press briefing on the epidemiological situation in the country, it had recorded 253 recoveries, 4 deaths, and 204 new cases of COVID-19, distributed as follows:
Amourj : 1
Nema : 1
Barkeol : 9
Boumdeid : 1
Guerou : 5
Maghama : 1
Monguel : 4
Aleg : 3
Bababe : 1
Boghe : 3
Maghta Lahjar : 5
Boutilimit : 3
Keur Macene : 1
Mederdra : 3
Ouad Naga : 1
Rosso : 1
Aoujeft : 6
Atar : 3
Chinguitty : 3
Ouadane : 2
Chami : 3
Nouadhibou : 23
Moudjeria : 4
Tidjikja : 3
Ould Yenge : 1
Selibaby : 1
Bir Moghreïn : 1
Fderick : 1
Zouerate : 7
Akjoujt : 5
Ksar : 11
Sebkha : 1
Tevragh Zeina : 40
Dar Naïm : 4
Teyarett : 18
Toujounine : 13
Arafat : 8
Riyad : 3
The new figures brought the total number of infections in the country to 32,026 including 28,420 recoveries and 677 deaths.