One hundred and ten (110) new cases of COVID-19 infection have been recorded during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases of contamination to 7,133 in the Kingdom, the ministry of Health announced Wednesday.
Among the 110 new cases, 95 have been detected thanks to the medical follow-up of contact persons, representing 87% of the new reported cases, said director of Epidemiology and Disease Control at the ministry of Health, Mohamed El Youbi, in a statement broadcast by MAP on its TV channel M24 and on RIM RADIO.
He added that the majority of the new cases were found in a new outbreak in an industrial unit in the Casablanca-Settat region, noting that the remaining cases of infection were reported in an outbreak in a residential complex in the Fez-Meknes region, and another in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, where 7 cases were detected.
Only one case has been recorded in the Eastern region, Beni Mellal-Khenifra and Souss-Massa regions respectively, while the southern regions of the Kingdom have not reported any cases, El Youbi said.
The number of fatalities increased to 194 (one new death) in the last 24 hours, he noted, pointing out that the case-fatality rate (the percentage of deaths caused by the virus among the total number of confirmed cases) has stabilized at 2.7%.
The total number of excluded cases has reached 98,871 since the beginning of the pandemic, following negative laboratory tests of 5,527 cases in the last 24 hours.
The official added that the number of cured people rose to 4,098 with 197 new recoveries, stating that the remission rate rose to 57.5%.
Geographically, almost no change has been noted, said El Youbi, adding that the region of Casablanca-Settat is still at the top of the ranking of confirmed cases with a little over (30%), followed by the region of Marrakech-Safi with more than (18%), then respectively the regions of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima and Fez-Meknes, next is the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and finally the region of Draa-Tafilalet.
He also reported an improvement in indicators related to cases of death and recovery against an increase in new cases of infection, particularly in the form of outbreaks, saying that active cases placed under treatment or health monitoring are steadily declining.
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