Morocco records 5 383 Covid-19 cases, 70 fatalities

Morocco records 5 383 Covid-19 cases, 70 fatalities
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Thursday 2 September 2021 - 16:40

Morocco reported 5 383 0 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the number of cases in the Kingdom since the pandemic began to 872 351.

Morocco also recorded 100 new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total of Covid-19 related deaths in the country to 12 819.

The North African country is betting on its national vaccination campaign to curb the latest outbreak of Covid-19 infections. According to the ministry of health, 18 875 138 people received their first Covid-19 vaccine shot, while 15 285 804 were fully inoculated.

Morocco has recently extended its vaccination campaign to include teenagers aged 12 to 17 who have already begun receiving their shots.

The country also received a new shipment of 650,400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via the global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX.

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