At this meeting, the committee assessed the epidemiological situation in the region, which has jumped from 18 cases in the past week to 61 in this week.

These cases have been detected in urban and semi-urban areas, according to the same source, which notes that infected people are asymptomatic and follow their treatment at home in accordance with the protocol in force.

The committee recalled the need to follow preventive measures and health regulations to deal with this pandemic.

One thousand three hundred and six (1,306) new cases of infection with the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 957 recoveries have been recorded in Morocco in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health had announced on Friday.

The Souss-Massa region recorded 25 new cases: Inezgane-Ait Melloul (8), Agadir-Ida-Outanane (16), and a new case in Tiznit.