This brings to ​140,024 the total number of contaminations in the kingdom since the first case was reported on March 2, and to 118,142 the number of people fully recovered, i.e. a recovery rate of 84.4%, said the ministry in its daily update on Covid-19.
A total of 29 coronavirus-related deaths were registered during the same period, taking the death toll to 2,439, the source pointed out, adding that the fatality rate stands at 1.7%.

The deaths are were reported in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (7), Marrakech-Safi (6), Beni Mellal-Khenifra (5), Souss-Massa (3), the Eastern region (3), Fez-Meknes (2), Rabat-Sale-Kénitra (1), Guelmim-Oued Noun (1) and Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra (1).

The new cases of contamination were detected in the regions of Casablanca-Settat regions (1, 517), Rabat-Sale-Kenitra (236), Beni Mellal-Khenifra (222), Marrakech-Safi (171), Souss-Massa (166), the Eastern region (127), Guelmim-Oued Noun (85), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (80), Daraa-Tafilalet (72), Fez-Meknes (49), Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra (47) and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (4).

The number of excluded cases amounts to 2,638,341, after 21,707 new negative analyses.

Active cases reach a total of 19,443, with a prevalence of about 53.5/100,000 inhabitants, while severe or critical cases number 424, of which 40 are placed under intubation.

The cumulative incidence rate stands at 385.6/100,000 inhabitants, compared to a 24-hour incidence rate of 7.6/100,000 inhabitants.