Covid-19: 720 New Cases, over 4.6 Million People Vaccinated

Covid-19: 720 New Cases, over 4.6 Million People Vaccinated
Tuesday 20 April 2021 - 16:58

A total of 720 new infections with the new coronavirus (Covid-19) have been recorded over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday in a report published at 4 p.m., reporting 625 cases of recovery.

The number of people vaccinated to date (dose 1) has reached 4,684,557, while 4,193,888 others have received the second dose of the vaccine, the ministry said in its daily report on the Covid-19 situation.

The new contaminations bring the total number of Covid-19 cases to 506,669, while the number of recovered people has risen to 492,725, a recovery rate of 97.2%.

As for the total number of deaths, it rose to 8,959 with 7 new cases recorded in 24 hours, i.e. a case fatality rate of 1.8%. The deaths were recorded in the regions of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (2), Casablanca-Settat (1), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (1), Marrakech-Safi (1), the eastern region (1) and Darâa-Tafilalet (1).

The new cases of infection were reported in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (544), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (71), Marrakech-Safi (32), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (19), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (17), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (10), the eastern region (8), Souss-Massa (8), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (5), Daraâ-Tafilalet (3), Guelmim-Oued Noun (2) and Fez-Meknes (1).

The number of active cases stands at 4,985 and severe or critical cases are 376, of which 53 are placed under intubation.

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