Morocco's government decided on Tuesday to extend the state of health emergency throughout the entire national territory until September 10, 2021.
according to a statement issued by the government, this decision is part of efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
"As part of public authorities’ will to continue to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the measures and arrangements taken to deal with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, this draft decree seeks to extend the effective date of the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. to Friday, September 10, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. ", the statement pointed out.
In a related context, Morocco has confirmed 6,971 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, while 2,690 Covid-19 patients have recovered, the ministry of Health said Tuesday.
The number of people vaccinated to date (1st dose) has reached 12,520,195 while 9,924,212 people have been fully vaccinated (1st and second dose), the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin.
The total number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus rises to 588,448 while the number of recoveries increases to 549,116 which corresponds to a recovery rate of 93.3%.
Regarding coronavirus-related deaths, they rose to 9,638 with twenty-seven new cases recorded in the past day.
