According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health, Morocco recorded 68 new cases of coronavirus infection in the last twenty-four hours, until 6 pm, bringing the official toll to 602 cases.
A 17-month-old baby from the city of Oujda died as a result of his contamination by the coronavirus.
16 new cases of contamination were recorded in Morocco last night, Sunday March 29, 2020, bringing the total to 479 infected people.
The National Order of Physicians of Morocco has moved from words to action. It has announced the availability of private clinics for the care of patients tested positive for coronavirus.
The number of new confirmed cases in Morocco is now 402 after the identification, this Saturday, of 69 people tested positive for the coronavirus.
Part of the Covid-19 Fund has been used to finance the purchase of 1,000 new intensive care beds and 550 ventilators for a total amount of 2 billion dirhams.
Morocco, by adopting the treatment protocol for covid-19 patients based on chloroquine, has cured the first patient treated in Rabat.
At a time when theses are clashing on the effectiveness of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, the Moroccan Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday that the decision to use these two drugs to treat people infected with the coronavirus is a "sovereign decision" taken in agreement with the Technical and Scientific Committee of the National Program for the Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Diseases.
The age groups most affected by the coronavirus are people over 51 years of age, as well as those aged between 40 and 65 years. Indeed, these age groups show the highest percentages of deaths due to the pandemic.
Fifty new people have tested positive for coronavirus in Morocco. The number of infected people is now 275.
The delegate of the Ministry of Health in Tétouan, Dr. Mohamed Ouahbi, was relieved of his duties on Tuesday for having shown lightness in the management of the case of a doctor infected with the coronavirus, who resumed service after his return from Spain.
While several countries have adopted rapid diagnostic orientation tests in the screening of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health opts for the laboratory method for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV2, which requires between 3 to 5 hours.