‘’ Concerning the epidemiological situation in Morocco, 1,583 new covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24 Hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 925,507 since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020’’, Morocco’s Ministry of Health reported.
Besides, the ministry also recorded 2,538 recoveries, bringing the total number of recovered infections to 893,272, accounting for 96,5 percent of Morocco’s total recovery rate. Equally alarming, 36 more people related to covid-19 died from this vicious epidemic, which raised the death toll to 14,076. Morocco has recently a 1.5 percent fatality rate.
The current highest recorded deaths encompass 9 in the Rabat- Sale- Kenitra region, followed by the Casablanca-Settat region that recorded 11 deaths, one in each Tangier, Tetouan, Al Hoceima, 3 in the East, 3 in both Marrakesh and Safi, one in Beni Mellal-Khenifra, 2 in both Fez and Meknes, 3 in Souss -Massa, one in Guelmim Oued Noun, and 2 in D araa-Tafilalet.
By Nouhaila El bouhli