Morocco Reports 97 New COVID-19 Cases, Casablanca-Settat Region Hardest Hit

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health, Morocco now has 177 deaths (i.e. a mortality rate of 3.54%), 1,565 recoveries (31.3%), 39,076 excluded after negative laboratory tests and 3,258 cases under treatment.

With these 41 new cases in 24 hours, the Casablanca-Settat region now has a record of 1,306 cases. It is followed by the Marrakech-Safi region, which recorded 5 new cases and has 1,075 people affected by covid-19.

The Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region is in 3rd place with 710 cases. And the contamination rate continues to rise, with 6 cases in 24 hours. It precedes the Fez-Meknes region, which now has 642 cases, or 23 more.

Furthermore, the regions of Drâa-Tafilalet (548), the 5th most affected region, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (342), the Oriental, Beni Mellal-Khénifra (84), Souss-Massa (51), Guelmim-Oued Noun (39), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (4) and Dakhla Oued Deheb (2) did not record any new cases in 24 hours.