A total of 2,160 new cases of coronavirus infection and 1,854 recoveries have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Morocco, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.
The new figure brings to 435,189 the total number of contaminations, since the first case reported last March, and to 401,429 that of people who fully recovered, a recovery rate of 92.2%, said the ministry in its daily report on the Covid-19 situation.
The total number of deaths rose to 7,314, with 42 new cases recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.7%. These deaths are distributed between the regions of Casablanca-Settat (17), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (5), Marrakech-Safi (5), the eastern region (4), Souss-Massa (3), Fez-Meknès (3), Draâ-Tafilalet (2), Guelmim-Oued Noun (2), and Beni-Mellal-Khenifra (1).
The new cases were detected in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (992), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (371), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (190), Marrakech-Safi (173), Souss-Massa (119), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (84), the eastern region (79), Fez-Meknès (57), Drâa-Tafilalet (41), Guelmim-Oued Noun (30), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (16), and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (8).
The number of excluded cases rose to 3,986,685, after 15,306 new negative tests, while the active cases reached the number of 26,446. Regarding severe or critical cases, there are 1,159, including 101 placed under intubation. The occupancy rate of the Covid-19 intensive care beds is 37.3%.
