A total of 24,824,782 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 23,305,224, the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin, noting that 6,378,675 people have received the third dose of the vaccine.

According to the same source, the number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus rose to 1,166,716 while recoveries increased to 1,149,656, i.e. a recovery rate of 98.5%.

The new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (39), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (18), Marrakech-Safi (11), Souss-Massa (09), Eastern region (06), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (02), Fez-Meknes (02) and Beni Mellal-Khenifra (01).

As for coronavirus-related fatalities, they stood at 16,075 (fatality rate of 1.4%) with no new death recorded in the last 24 hours.

The number of active cases increased to 985, while one severe case has been reported in the last 24 hours.