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Coronavirus : Morocco sets new record of daily infections, with 1,499 cases and 23 deaths

Morocco set another record of daily coronavirus cases, with 1,499 new infections. The Kingdom has more than 10,000 active cases, including 147 cases in serious or critical condition due to age and / or chronic diseases, among which 63 are on ventilators.

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1,499 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 36,694.

298 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 25,677.

23 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 556. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (4), Marrakech (4), Fez (4), Tangier (3), Errachidia (3), Salé (2), Sidi Kacem (1), Tetouan (1) and Benslimane (1).

Morocco currently has 10,461 active cases under treatment, most of which are in the Casablanca-Settat, Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Marrakech-Safi and Fez-Meknes regions.

147 of these cases are in a serious or critical condition because of age and / or chronic diseases, including 63 on ventilators. These cases are located in Casablanca-Settat (44), Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (36), Marrakech-Safi (33), Fez-Meknes (14), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (12), Souss-Massa (4 ), the Oriental region (2), Drâa-Tafilalet (1) and Guelmim-Oued Noun (1).

Casablanca and Marrakech at the top of the list

The Casablanca-Settat region comes first with 498 new cases : 399 in Casablanca, 43 in Settat, 29 in Mohammedia, 14 in Mediouna, 6 in Benslimane, 4 in Nouaceur and three cases in El Jadida. Next comes Marrakech-Safi with 350 cases : 328 in Marrakech, 17 in Kelaat Sraghna, 3 in Rhamna, one case in El Haouz and one case in Safi.

In Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, 172 new cases were recorded : 135 in Tangier, 28 in Tetouan, 8 in M'diq-Fnideq and one case in Larache. As for Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, 167 cases were confirmed : 73 in Salé, 37 cases in Rabat, 35 in Temara, 9 cases in Kenitra, 8 cases in Sidi Kacem and 5 cases in Khemisset.

113 cases were recorded in Fez-Meknes, between yesterday and today : 66 in Fez, 27 in Meknes, 7 in Sefrou, 5 in Ifrane, 3 in Moulay Yacoub, two in Taza, two in Taounate and one case in Boulmane.

97 new cases were recorded in Beni Mellal-Khenifra (73 in Beni Mellal, 13 in Fqih Bensaleh, 4 cases in Khenifra, 4 in Khouribga and three cases in Azilal), 48 in Drâa-Tafilalet (21 in Errachidia, 11 in Ouarzazate, 11 in Zagora, 4 in Midelt and one case in Tinghir), and 21 in Souss-Massa (9 in Inzegane Ait Melloul, 6 in Taroudant, 4 in Tata and two cases in Agadir-Ida-Ou Tanan).

In the Oriental region, 13 cases were recorded (4 in Oujda, 3 in Dirouch, 3 in Guercif, one case in Nador, one case in Jerada and one case in Berkane). 

The same figure was recorded in the city of Dakhla (Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab) alone. Six cases were recorded in Laayoune (Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra) while one case was recorded in Guelmim (Guelmim-Oued Noun).

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