Twenty-seven new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) infection have been confirmed in Morocco in the last 24 hours, bringing to 7,807 the total number of contamination cases in the Kingdom, the Health ministry announced on Sunday.
The number of cured people rose, until Sunday at 6 p.m., to 5,459 with 58 new recoveries, while the number of fatalities reached 205 (one new death in Marrakech), said Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the National Center for Emergency Public Health Operations at the ministry of Health, in a statement broadcast by MAP on its TV channel M24 and on RIM RADIO.
The number of cases excluded after negative laboratory results reached 201,332, with an additional 9,114 cases, he said.
“The toll of the new cases comes in the wake of the increase in the rate of testing,” he said, adding that the 27 new cases were recorded in the region of Casablanca Settat (16 cases in Greater Casablanca and Sidi Bennour), in the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (6 cases in Tangier) and in Fez, Rabat, Beni Mellal, Agadir-Ida Outanane and Laayoune (1 case each).
The recovery rate stands at 69.9 per cent, continuing its upward trend, below the world rate, while the case-fatality rate is 2.6 per cent, thus remaining stable and well below the world average (less than half), noted the official, adding that the morbidity rate has reached 21.5/100,000 inhabitants.
Active cases, i.e. people still being cared for by health institutions, is 2,143, that is a rate of 5.9/100,000 inhabitants, he stressed.
Of the 27 new cases, 19 have been detected under the contact tracing system, which has so far involved 45,826 people, he said, adding that 7,313 persons are still under surveillance.
“The epidemiological situation is constantly improving, as well as the reproductive indicator (R0) which stands at 0.73%,” he said, noting that these results are achieved thanks to the respect by all for health confinement and the colossal effort of health officials and other stakeholders.
The ministry urges citizens to respect the rules of hygiene and health safety as well as the preventive measures taken by the authorities, by demonstrating responsibility and patriotism.
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