‘’ Concerning the epidemiological situation in Morocco, 566 new covid-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24 Hours, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 939,922 since the first case was announced on March 2, 2020’’, Morocco’s Ministry of Health reported.
Besides, the ministry also recorded 699 recoveries, bringing the total number of recovered infections to 919,074, accounting for 97, 7 percent of Morocco’s total recovery rate. Equally alarming, 11 more people related to covid-19 died from this vicious epidemic, which raised the death toll to 14,485. That is, Morocco has recently a 1.5 percent fatality rate.
The current highest recorded deaths encompass the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region which recorded 4, followed by the Casablanca-Settat region by recording 2, Tangier-Titouan-Al-Hoceima which recorded 1, the Marrakesh-Safi region which recorded 1, the Beni Mellal-Khenifra region by recording 1, Daraa Tafilalet which recorded 1, and Souss-Massa region which recorded 1 .
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 23 105 525 people, while the number of those who received a second dose Covid-19 vaccination reached 20 438 913 people. Regarding Covid-19 third dose vaccine, 282 691 people received it.
By Nouhaila El Bouhli
