The new figure brings to 443,802 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported last March, and to 414,972 that of fully recovered people, a recovery rate of 93.5%, the ministry said in its daily report on the Covid-19 situation.
The total number of deaths rose to 7,538, with 53 deaths recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.7%.
These deaths are distributed between the regions of Casablanca-Settat (27), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (6), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (6), Fez-Meknès (4), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (3), Souss-Massa (2), Marrakech-Safi (2), Drâa-Tafilalet (2) and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (1).
The new cases were detected in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (175), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (127), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (109), Souss-Massa (102), Fez-Meknès (45), the eastern region (33), Marrakech-Safi (29), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (26), Guelmim-Oued Noun (4), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (4), Drâa-Tafilalet (1) and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (1).
The number of excluded cases rose to 4,063,490 after 7,202 new negative tests, while the active cases reached 21,292.
Regarding severe or critical cases, there are 1,169, including 84 placed under intubation.