‘’ Concerning the epidemiological situation in Morocco, 821 new covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24 Hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 934,828 since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020’’, Morocco’s Ministry of Health reported.
Besides, the ministry also recorded 1,291 recoveries, bringing the total number of recovered infections to 908,898, accounting for 97, 23 percent of Morocco’s total recovery rate. Equally alarming, 25 more people related to covid-19 died from this vicious epidemic, which raised the death toll to 14,315. That is, Morocco has recently a 1.5 percent fatality rate.
The current highest recorded deaths encompass the Casablanca-Settat region that recorded 9, followed by 3 in the Rabat- Sale- Kenitra region, Marrakesh and Safi that recorded 2, in addition to 2 in Tangier-Titouan- Al Hoceima region, 3 in Souss-Massa, 3 in Beni Mellal-Khenifra, and 1 in Laaayoune-Sakia El Hamra, 1 in Daraa-Tafilalet, and 1 in Guelmim-Oued Noun.
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 22 748 069 people, while the number of those who received a second dose Covid-19 vaccination reached 19 247 930 people.
By Nouhaila El Bouhli
