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Last week, Morocco recorded a low level of COVID-19 transmission, coordinator of the National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations, Mouad Mrabet, said on Sunday, October 17.
The health professional reported that last week’s positivity rate was the lowest Morocco has experienced in 16 weeks at 3.5%, following four consecutive weeks of moderate transmission of the pandemic in the country.
“The value is the lowest with a weekly incidence in continuous decline of 8/ 100,000 hts, in addition to a number of deaths also decreasing for 13 weeks,” Mrabet said.
The new data indicate that as of Sunday, the reproduction rate of the virus is 0.91.
“Two regions are still at orange level but with a notable and continuous improvement in indicators,” Mrabet said.
In terms of hospital admissions due to COVID-19, Mrabet noted 233 patients were admitted to intensive care, as compared with 382 patients that were discharged after a favorable development.
Mrabet also emphasized the gradual decline in the transmission of the delta variant.Amid recent relaxation of restrictions in Morocco, the health professional also urged “great vigilance.”.
“Going green does not mean the end of the wave,” he warned.
Mrabet advised the Moroccan population to continue wearing face masks, and follow the preventive measures. He denounced the non-compliance of the preventive measures, and the reluctance or refusal to get vaccinated, despite the vaccine’s proven effectiveness in protecting the population against deadly strains of the virus.
The health professional warned that the virus is still present, despite its low transmission levels.
“The next two weeks will provide answers on the impact of the easing of restrictive measures, the return to school and university,” he said.
Mrabet also stressed the importance of speeding up the national vaccination campaign in order to prevent the development of serious diseases. Morocco aims to vaccinate 80% of the population, or 33 million people by the end of the year to receive herd immunity
Morocco has confirmed 942,132 COVID-19 cases in total since March 2020.
The North African country also recorded a total of 14,544 deaths due to the pandemic, as of October 17.
