Morocco’s Health Minister, Khalid Ait Taleb, said 6 people have passed away due to the Omicron variant as of Thursday, January 6. with Omicron cases exceeding 70% of the total number of cases.
The Health Minister added in an interview with the Moroccan news outlet, Medi1 TV, that most of the patients in the intensive care unit have not received their COVID-19 vaccines, particularly the third booster shot.
The first death associated with the Omicron variant occurred in the country on Tuesday, the Health Ministry reported.
The Coordinator of the National Center for Emergency Operations of the Ministry of Public Health, Mouad Mrabet, said the number of deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually increasing, noting that the Omicron variant has spread across Morocco to the point where it is now dominating the total number of cases.
Late December, the Health Minister reported that the national authorities had identified 76 cases of the new Omicron variant, in addition to 246 suspected cases, and are awaiting test results.
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