Five new coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the same period, bringing the total number of fatalities to 135, while thirty-two new recoveries were registered, which rises to 281 the total number of recovered covid-19 patients, Director of epidemiology at the ministry of Health, Mohamed El Youbi, pointed out in a statement broadcast by MAP on its M24 channel and RIM radio.
Regarding the new cases in the past 24 hours, the official said 172 of these cases were reported at some industrial and commercial units in the cities of Marrakech (142), Fez (19) and Tangier (4) and in some families in Nador.
According to El Youbi, Casablanca-Settat is still the worst-hit region with 27.4% of cases, followed by Marrakech-Safi (26.6%), Fez-Meknes (14.4%) and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (10%).
The official said that 13,451 people who had contact with Covid-19 cases were under medical surveillance since the start of the outbreak, adding that the follow-up of these people led to the discovery of 1,239 cases so far, including 111 cases over the past 24 hours.
The number of people admitted to hospitals in a serious or critical condition has declined, he added, noting that several patients who were in intensive care units have recovered.