"The transmission of the virus among family members is due to the fact that some people continue to leave their homes, but also to other people who were in incubation period at the time of the implementation of the confinement rules," he pointed out in a statement broadcast by MAP on its M24 channel and RIM radio.

According to him, out of more than 7,000 people who had contacts with Covid-19 cases, 192 cases have been confirmed.

Further tests will be carried out in the next days, El Youbi said, adding that this will give more visibility on the spread of the epidemic.

According to the ministry of Health, 107 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) were reported in Morocco over the past 24 hours until Sunday at 6 p.m., bringing to 990 the total number of covid-19 cases in the Kingdom.

Eleven new deaths from coronavirus complications were reported, bringing the total number of fatalities to 69, while six other people have recovered which rises to 71 the total number of recoveries.