Dubai – As Morocco’s epidemiological situation appears to be improving, local health authorities have registered 7,357 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
There have been 97 deaths and 9,522 recoveries in Morocco in the same time period, according to data made available by the Ministry of Health. Since the pandemic began last year, Morocco has recorded a total of 836,494 cases, 12,176 deaths, and 757,268 recoveries, leaving 67,050 active cases in the country.
Moroccan authorities have somewhat reduced the number of COVID-19 tests done, having tested about 37,875 Moroccan residents in the last 24 hours.
There are currently 2,516 people in either severe or critical conditions right now, of whom 274 were admitted in the last 24 hours. There are right now 1,394 people under some form of artificial respiration, with 61 requiring intubation, while 1,333 are in stable conditions with non-invasive forms of artificial respiration.
Around 50.2% of Morocco’s intensive care unit’s beds are occupied at the moment, with a total incidence rate of 2,291.1 cases per 100,000 people.
The Casablanca-Settat region recorded the highest COVID-19 cases in Morocco, reporting 2,303 new cases and 16 deaths. The second most impacted region was Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, with 1,310 new cases and 11 deaths.
The rest of Morocco’s regions all registered less than 1,000 cases each in the previous 24 hours.
Morocco’’s national vaccination campaign has been steadily progressing, having administered 18,022,176 of the first dose of the vaccine to Moroccan residents, while an additional 14,068,939 people have received their second dose of the vaccine.
Overall, Morocco appears to have overcome the most difficult part of the third wave. Some experts, such as Azeddine Ibrahimi, believe that Morocco’s national vaccination campaign will help give local people respite from the pandemic.
“As we reach the vaccination rate of 50 percent of the population in the middle of September… we will see, God willing, an improvement in the epidemiological situation [in Morocco],” Ibrahimi wrote.
