The new figure brings to 203,733 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported on March 2 and to 168,706 that of fully recovered people, i.e. a recovery rate of 82.8%, the ministry said in its daily Covid-19 report.

The number of deaths increased to 3,445 with 72 new cases recorded in 24 hours, a case fatality rate of 1.7%.

These deaths are distributed between the regions of Casablanca-Settat (23), the eastern region (10), Souss-Massa (9), Marrakech-Safi (7), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (4), Fez-Meknes (4), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (4), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (3), Draâ-Tafilalet (2) and Guelmim-Oued Noun (2).

The new cases of contamination were detected in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (1.925), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (587), the eastern region (422), Souss-Massa (288), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (245), Marrakech-Safi (154), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (125), Fez-Meknès (70), Draâ-Tafilalet (60), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (55), Guelmim-Oued Noun (50) and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (7).

The number of excluded cases stands at 3,037,025, after 18,792 new negative tests.

The active cases reached a total of 31,582, while the severe or critical cases stood at 766, of which 56 were placed under intubation. The occupancy rate of intensive care beds dedicated to Covid-19 is 33.33%.

The cumulative incidence rate is 561/100,000 inhabitants, against a 24-hour incidence established at 11/100,000 inhabitants.