Morocco records 8,216 Covid-19 cases, 115 fatalities

Morocco records 8,216 Covid-19 cases, 115 fatalities
Friday 20 August 2021 - 17:30

Morocco reported 8,216 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health, raising the number of cases since the beginning of the outbreak in 2020 to 799,775.

Fatalities continue to be on the rise, as Morocco recorded 115 new deaths on Friday.

The North African country is betting on its national vaccination campaign to curb the rise of infections in the country. According to the latest toll by the ministry of health, 17,220,526 people received their first Covid-19 vaccine shot, while 12,810,014 were fully inoculated.

Morocco recently pushed the vaccination drive to include 18-year-olds and above and is set to start inoculating teenagers aged 12 to 17 starting August 23.

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