The new figure brings to 447,081 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported last March, and to 418,744 that of fully recovered people, i.e. a recovery rate of 93.7%, the ministry said in its daily report on the Covid-19 situation.
The total number of deaths rose to 7,618, with 37 deaths recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.7%.
These deaths were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (15), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (6), Marrakech-Safi (4), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (2), the eastern region (2), Souss-Massa (2), Fez-Meknes (2), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (2), Guelmim-Oued Noun (1) and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (1).
The new cases were detected in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (624), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (353), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (159), Marrakech-Safi (148), Souss-Massa (110), the eastern region (79), Fez-Meknès (46), Beni Mellal-Khénifra (43), Drâa-Tafilalet (31), Guelmim-Oued Noun (22), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (18) and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (9).
The number of excluded cases rose to 4,094,295, after 15,311 new negative tests, while the active cases reached the number of 20,719.
Regarding severe or critical cases, there are 1,121, including 75 placed under intubation.