Coronavirus: 669 New Cases, Nearly 4.7 Million People Vaccinated

Coronavirus: 669 New Cases, Nearly 4.7 Million People Vaccinated
Wednesday 21 April 2021 - 16:55

A total of 669 new cases of coronavirus infection and 628 recoveries have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Morocco, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

The number of people vaccinated to date (dose 1) has reached 4,697,873 while 4,203,779 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 507,338 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported in March 2020, while the number of people who have recovered has risen to 493,353, a recovery rate of 97.2%, noted the ministry.

As for the total number of deaths, it rose to 8,969 with 10 new cases recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.8%. These deaths were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (8) and Marrakech-Safi (2).

The new contaminations were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (444), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (57), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (35), Marrakech-Safi (31), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (31), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (17), Souss-Massa (17), the eastern region (10), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (10), Drâa-Tafilalet (9), Guelmim–Oued Noun (4) and Fez-Meknès (4).

The number of active cases amounts to 5,016, while the severe or critical cases are 383, of which 16 are placed under intubation.

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