Morocco’s Health Ministry announced this Tuesday the end of the Omicron wave in the country, after nearly 3 months of heightened infection rates.
The coordinator of the Public Health Emergency Center at the Health Ministry, Mouad Merabet announced its bi-monthly report for the period from February 21 to 27, stating, “the Omicron wave ended, and has been on the decline since February 16 to March 1, 2022, with the rapid drop in related cases and deaths for 5 consecutive weeks.”
The reproduction rate is currently settled at 0.79%, less than 1%, which means the country is still in the descent phase of this COVID-19 wave.
Merabet stated that “positive PCR test results dropped from 24% to 1.9% last week, while hospitalization cases dropped by 40%,” as 133 cases were recorded at that period, while 171 people left intensive care units, following the improvement of their health situation.
As for deaths, the official said that the fatality rate “dropped by 26% compared to the previous week.”
The Omicron wave lasted for 11 weeks, starting from the week of January 17-23, and was milder than the Delta wave, Merabet added.
In terms of vaccination, single-shot vaccinated people reached 67.5%, ahead of two-shots vaccinated people, which make up 63.3% of the population.
However, only 26% of Moroccans and residents received the third booster shot, according to the Health Ministry’s data, noting that 74% of vaccinated people missed their third shot appointment.
The Health Ministry warns that the virus still can infect people even if it is in its lower levels, calling on citizens to continue respecting precautionary measures and receive their COVID-19 vaccines to boost protection and achieve herd immunity nationwide.
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