The surge in Morocco of deaths linked to the Covid-19 pandemic is explained by the significant increase in the number of cases of infection and the passage of certain provinces to phase III of the spread of the virus, Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb said on Tuesday in Rabat.
This increase in deaths is due to the noted increase in the number of contaminations in the post-lockdown period with the entry of a number of provinces into the third phase of the spread of Covid-19, said Ait Taleb who was answering an oral question on “the causes of the increase in cases of death among infected people”, presented by the Authenticity and Modernity group at the house of advisors.
According to the minister, “the rise in the number of infections is accompanied by the increase in the number of critical cases and deaths, as evidenced by the fatality rate at the national level which has remained stable for months at 1.7%. This rate is considered among the lowest in the world, reaching 2.5%”.
He also noted that the epidemiological analysis of the national database relating to Covid-19 shows that the risk factors for death due to the virus concern men, adults over 65 and those who are suffering from chronic diseases, mainly diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
In this context, the Minister noted that the average age of death cases rose to 66 and a half years, while the average age of cases is 40 years, adding that men represent 69% of the total deaths.
Thus, 55% of deaths suffered from chronic diseases, notably diabetes, hypertension, asthma, cancer and many other diseases, he said, adding that 89% of deaths occurred in intensive care wards.
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