‘’ Concerning the epidemiological situation in Morocco, 394 new covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24 Hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 929,699 since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020’’, Morocco’s Ministry of Health reported.
Besides, the ministry also recorded 2,548 recoveries, bringing the total number of recovered infections to 901,220, accounting for 96, 9 percent of Morocco’s total recovery rate. Equally alarming, 32 more people related to covid-19 died from this vicious epidemic, which raised the death toll to 14,199. That is, Morocco has recently a 1.5 percent fatality rate.
The current highest recorded deaths encompass 16 in the Rabat- Sale- Kenitra region, followed by the Casablanca-Settat region that recorded 8 deaths, 2 in Tangier-Titouan- Al Hoceima region, one in the Eastern Region, 3 in both Marrakesh and Safi, and 2 in both Fez and Meknes.
Further, the ministry highlighted, in the Daily Bulletin of the results of (Covid-19), that the number of people who received the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 reached 22 136 862 people, while the number of those who received a second dose Covid-19 vaccination reached 18 590 596 people.
By Nouhaila El Bouhli