A total of 491 new cases of coronavirus infection and 487 recoveries have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Morocco, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.
The number of people who have been vaccinated to date (dose 1) has reached 4,302,183, while 3,332,292 people have received the second dose of the vaccine, the ministry said in its daily report on the Covid-19 situation.
The new figure brings to 494,358 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported last March. The number of people who have recovered rose to 482,084, a recovery rate of 97.5%.
The total number of deaths amounts to 8,798, with 5 new cases recorded in 24 hours, i.e. a case fatality rate of 1.8%, said the same source, specifying that these cases of death were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (3), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (1) and Marrakech-Safi (1).
Active cases are now 3,476 while 28 severe or critical cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of critical cases to 422, including 28 placed under intubation.
The new cases of infection have been identified in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (329), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (46), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (14), the eastern region (25), Marrakech-Safi (31), Souss-Massa (20), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (8), Fez-Meknès (7), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (2), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (3), Guelmim-Oued Noun (2) and Darâa-Tafilalet (4).
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