Morocco has succeeded to immunize more than 20 million of its citizens so far against Covid-19.
A total of 156,856 people have received the third COVID-19 vaccine dose, five days after the launch of this operation, the ministry of Health said on Friday.
A total of 23,012,112 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Morocco, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 20,047,440, the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin.
A total of 655 new COVID-19 cases and 1,307 recoveries were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours.
The total number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus stands at 938,286, while recoveries rise to 916,324, i.e. a recovery rate of 97.7%.
As for coronavirus-related deaths, they rose to 14,427 (case fatality rate 1.5%) with 14 fatalities reported over the past 24 hours.
The number of active cases stands at 7,535, including 677 people in a critical or severe condition, the ministry said.