Coronavirus: 480 New Cases in 24 Hours and 3,327,858 People Vaccinated

Coronavirus: 480 New Cases in 24 Hours and 3,327,858 People Vaccinated
Friday 26 February 2021 - 19:27

A total of 480 new cases of coronavirus infection and 846 recoveries have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Morocco, the health ministry announced on Friday.

In addition, 3,327,858 people have been vaccinated to date (dose 1), noted the ministry in its daily report on the situation of Covid-19, specifying that the number of people who have received the second dose of the vaccine has reached 96,437.

The new figure brings to 482,994 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported last March, while the number of people who have recovered has risen to 468,387, a recovery rate of 97%.

The total number of deaths rose to 8,608, with 10 new cases recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.8%.

The cases of death were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (05), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (02), Fez-Meknes (02) and Marrakech-Safi (01).

New cases of infection have been identified in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (284), the eastern region (45), Rabat-Sale-Kénitra (45), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (38), Marrakech-Safi (27), Souss-Massa (12), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (08), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (06), Fez-Meknès (05), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (05), Darâa-Tafilalet (04) and Guelmim-Oued Noun (01).

The number of active cases stands at 5,999, while severe or critical cases are 463, including 28 people under intubation.

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