Coronavirus: 600 New Cases, Over 4.7 Million People Vaccinated

Coronavirus: 600 New Cases, Over 4.7 Million People Vaccinated
Thursday 22 April 2021 - 16:43

A total of 600 new cases of coronavirus infection and 520 recoveries have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Morocco, the health ministry said on Thursday.

The number of people vaccinated to date (dose 1) has reached 4,707,658 while 4,207,298 others have received the second dose of the vaccine, said the ministry in its daily report on the situation of Covid-19.

This new figure brings to 507,938 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported in March 2020, while the number of people who have recovered has risen to 493,873, a recovery rate of 97.2%, noted the ministry.

As for the total number of deaths, it rose to 8,976 with 7 new cases recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.8%. These deaths were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (4), Marrakech-Safi (1), Souss-Massa (1) and Fez-Meknes (1).

The new contaminations were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (421), Rabat-Sale-Kenitra (51), Marrakech-Safi (26), the Oriental (20), Souss-Massa (19), Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra (16), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (16), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (14), Guelmim–Oued Noun (6), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (4), Draa-Tafilalet (4) et Fez-Meknes (3).

The number of active cases amounts to 5,089, including 381 severe ones.

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