Rabat – Morocco’s government decided on Wednesday to extend the country’s COVID state of emergency for two more months until September 30.
The government announced the decision during its weekly council, adopting a draft decree that extends the state of emergency throughout the country.
The decision comes as Morocco has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in the past few weeks, recording over a thousand infections per day.
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Although the numbers have noticeably declined in the past 24 hours — Morocco recorded 743 cases, nine deaths and 1,162 recoveries on Tuesday — the government’s decision to extend the state of emergency points to the prevailing belief that the pandemic is far from over.
With the mild but ongoing COVID surge in Morocco, the country is currently home to 7,209 active cases, including 117 people in a critical state.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020 in Morocco, the country has recorded 1,258,761 infections, including 16,224 deaths and 1,235,328 recoveries.
