Fifty-five (55) new cases of infection with the coronavirus (Covid-19) have been confirmed in Morocco during the last 24 hours, bringing to 4,120 the total number of contamination cases, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.
The number of people declared cured rose, until Monday at 4:00 p.m., to 695 with 102 new recoveries, while the number of fatalities increased to 162 with a single new death, said director of epidemiology and disease control at the Ministry of Health Mohamed El Youbi, in a statement broadcast by MAP on its television channel M24 and on RIM RADIO.
Of the 55 new confirmed cases, 43 were detected thanks to the medical monitoring of contacts, a rate of 79%, noted El Youbi, adding that the follow-up of contact persons remains the effective means to diagnose the greatest number of cases.
He also noted that 7,679 contacts are still under daily medical surveillance, stressing a gradual drop in the mortality rate due to this epidemic which reached 3.9%.
Regarding the geographic distribution, the official said that no change has been reported, since the Casablanca-Settat region still has the largest number of confirmed cases, followed by Marrakech-Safi, Fez-Meknes, Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima and Drâa-Tafilalet.
El Youbi welcomed, on this occasion, the noticeable drop in cases recorded in previously discovered epidemic outbreaks.
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