Eighty-nine new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Morocco over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country to 6,741, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday.
Two coronavirus related deaths were recorded over the given period, bringing to 192 the number of fatalities, Director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Health, Mohamed El Youbi, said in a statement broadcast by MAP on its M24 TV channel M24 and RIM Radio.
The death rate fell to 2.8%, he said, adding that 87 new recoveries were registered until Saturday at 4:00 p.m., which rises the number of cured people to 3,487.
The recovery rate has further increased to reach 51,7%, El Youbi noted.
The total number of excluded cases has reached 78,263 since the start of the outbreak, including 3,299 over the past 24 hours, the official added.
In this regard, El Youbi noted that the majority of new cases (86%) were detected through contact tracing, adding that 37,417 people who had contact with confirmed cases have been under medical surveillance since the start of the epidemic.
Regarding the geographical spread of the virus, Casablanca-Settat region remains the worst hit with 29% of the total cases, followed by Marrakech-Safi, Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Fez-Meknes, Rabat-Salé-Kenitra and Draa-Tafilalet.
No new Covid-19 case was recorded in the regions of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Dakhla-Oued Eddahab, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra and Guelmim-Oued Noun.
Men are more affected by Covid-19 than women (rate of + 1.4%), he said, adding that people aged between 25-40 years and 40-65 years are the most affected with 34.5% and 33.7% respectively.
According to him, 61% of the new cases recorded in the past few days did not show clinical symptoms.
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