Morocco reported 10,752 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of cases since the pandemic began to 741,836.
112 new deaths were also recorded, the kingdom’s highest daily death toll since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020.
Morocco has been battling against the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the country, with record breaking daily cases and deaths reported in the past two weeks.
The North African country is betting on its national vaccination campaign in order to curb the rise in new infections and deaths.
A shipment of 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine was received on Friday as well as a new shipment of 1 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, to reinforce the national stock.
According to Moulay Said Afif, member of the Covid-19 scientific committee, teenagers aged 12 to 17 will be able to get inoculated starting August 23.
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