Morocco Reports Record 2,488 New COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours

The new balance of confirmed cases brings the number of infections in the Kingdom since the first case reported on March 2 to 94,504 and the number of fully recovered people to 74,930, a recovery rate of 79.3%, the ministry said in its daily Covid-19 bulletin.

The number of deaths has risen to 1,714, with 28 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, a fatality rate of 1.8%, according to the same source.

These deaths are distributed among the regions of Marrakech-Safi (8), Casablanca-Settat (7), Darâa-Tafilalet (4), Béni Mallal-Khénifra (3), Fès-Meknès (2), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (1), Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (1), the Oriental (1), and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (1).

The new cases, on the other hand, are distributed among the regions of Casablanca-Settat (932), Souss-Massa (354), Marrakech-Safi (311), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (289), Drâa-Tafilalet (204), Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (117), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (116), Fès-Meknès (72), the Oriental (57), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (14), Guelmim-Oued Noun (14) and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (8).

The number of excluded cases is 2,224,010, after 20,215 new negative analyses.

Active cases have reached 17,860, with a prevalence of 49.2/100,000 inhabitants. As for severe or critical cases, there are 260, of which 44 are intubated.

The cumulative incidence rate is 260.2/100,000 inhabitants, compared to a 24-hour incidence of 6.9/100,000 inhabitants.