Sixty-six (66) new cases of coronavirus infection (Covid-19) have been confirmed in Morocco in the last 24 hours, bringing to 7,780 the total number of cases of contamination, i.e. a rate of 21.4/100,000 inhabitants, announced Saturday the ministry of Health.
Among these cases, 49 were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 14 in Tangier-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima, two in Marrakech-Safi and a single case in Beni Mellal-Khenifra, said Mouad Mrabet, director of the National Center for Emergency Operations at the ministry of Health, in a statement broadcast by MAP on its TV channel M24 and on RIM RADIO.
The number of cured people rose, until Saturday at 6 p.m., to 5,401, with 130 new recoveries, i.e. a recovery rate of 69.4%, he said.
The official also noted that the number of deaths reached 204 after registering two cases in Tangier and Casablanca in the last 24 hours, noting that the case-fatality rate stabilized at 2.6%.
Of the 66 new cases, 55 were discovered thanks to medical follow-up, i.e. a rate of 84%, explained Mrabet, adding that the number of people in intensive care and resuscitation units has decreased to 18 cases, divided between 7 in Casablanca-Settat, 6 in Tangier-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima, 4 in Marrakech-Safi and only one case in Fez-Meknes.
He pointed out that there are 2,175 active cases of infection, i.e. a rate of 6/100,000 people.
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