Morocco recorded 68 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the ministry of Health and Social Protection said Sunday, adding that 52 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the same period of time.
A total of 24,793,899 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 23,268,724, the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin, noting that 6,179,452 people have received the third dose of the vaccine.
According to the same source, the number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus rose to 1,164,030, while recoveries increased to 1,147,180, i.e. a recovery rate of 98.6%.
The new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (38), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (11), Marrakech-Safi (11), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (03), Souss-Massa (03), Eastern region (01) and Fez-Meknes (01).
As for coronavirus-related fatalities, they remained at 16,061 (fatality rate of 1.4%), with no deaths reported over the past 24 hours.
The number of active cases rose to 789, while two severe or critical cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 17, the ministry said.
