Rabat – Morocco’s Ministry of Health announced 11,358 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Morocco on August 6, 2021. In addition, the ministry noted 8,916 recoveries and 76 deaths.
Morocco reported a recordbreaking 12,039 cases yesterday, which has forced the government to increase COVID-19 restrictive measures.
On Tuesday, the country reimposed its night curfew of 9 p.m to 5 a.m and also introduced new travel restrictions for travelers entering and exiting the three cities of Casablanca, Agadir, and Marrakech.
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According to the official COVID-19 report, the ministry stated that Morocco has recorded a total of 676,683 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. The kingdom has also recorded a total of 10,163 deaths and 598,958 recoveries.
Hospitals in Morocco currently care for 1,541 severely impacted COVID-19 patients, of which 309 require emergency ventilation, and 1,010 require supplementary oxygen. COVID-19 units in Moroccan hospitals are currently at 43% capacity and the statistic has continued to rise rapidly daily.
Many factors such as the re-opening of international borders on June 14 to welcome Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) and Eid al-Adha festivities may have played a role in the massive increase of COVID-19 cases in Morocco in the past month.
Casablanca and the surrounding region maintains the record for most new cases in 24 hours with 3,274 cases and 22 deaths in 24 hours. Following Casablanca, the Rabat-Sale region recorded 1,762 new cases and 6 deaths.
Other regions such as Marrakech-Safi, Agadir’s Souss-Massa, and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima have recorded more than 1,000 new cases each. Other regions such as Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Oujda, Draa-Tafilalet, Guelmim, Fes-Meknes, and Morocco’s southern territories have recorded between 90 and 800 cases each.
On Friday, USAID pledged to allocate an additional $1.5 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF to bolster Morocco’s progress in its vaccination campaign. Morocco also extended its vaccination campaign to pregnant women on the same day.
Since Morocco passed the 10 million mark for fully-vaccinated Moroccans and residents on July 28, it has recorded a total of 10,870,130 full-vaccinated individuals, accounting for 29.4% of the population. Morocco has also vaccinated 14,981,732 people with at least one dose.
The maximum number of daily tests administered has remained fairly stagnant around 48,000 tests a day. Morocco has administered 7,218,131 tests in total and there are currently 67,562 active cases of COVID-19 in the kingdom.
The recovery rate dropped below 90% on August 1 and it now holds at 88.5%. Morocco’s COVID-19 mortality rate is now 1.5%.
The Moroccan government continues to rely on the public’s vigilance and respect regarding COVID-19 health measures. Although the state of emergency is set to expire on September 10, the government is likely to extend the national emergency for months to come.
