Morocco records 2,432 Covid-19 cases, 46 fatalities

Morocco records 2,432 Covid-19 cases, 46 fatalities
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Thursday 16 September 2021 - 16:35

Morocco reported 2,432 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, raising the number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 913,423.

The kingdom also reported 46 new deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest tally by the ministry of health.

Morocco continues to push its vaccination campaign in an effort to achieve mass inoculation against the coronavirus.

As of Thursday, 20,757,405 people received their first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine, while 17,225,962 received both jabs.

Morocco has Africa’s highest vaccination rates, ranking among nine African countries that achieved the global vaccination target before the end of September, according to The World Health Organization (WHO).

The North African country received on Thursday morning a new shipment of 5 million Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine doses, the latest addition to Morocco’s national vaccine stock.

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