Morocco’s Health Ministry announced Tuesday that 54 percent of the country’s coronavirus cases were reported in first 23 days of August alone since the outbreak began in March.
The figures put the country with the third highest number of infections in Africa and 49th globally. Its virus fatalities landed it 49th place globally and fifth in Africa. It came in 31st place globally and second in the number of PCR tests it has carried out.
In a weekly briefing on the outbreak, the ministry said that it has reported 77 cases to every 100,000 people, since the beginning of August. Sixty percent of deaths were reported during this period.
Coordinator of the National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations at the Ministry of Health Mouad Mrabet said 52,349 infections have been confirmed, 888 deaths (or 1.7 percent of cases) and recoveries have climbed to 36,343, at a rate of 69 percent.
Between August 17 and 23, Mrabet said 9,860 cases were recorded, including 37 infections among travelers from abroad, with a weekly rate 27 infections per 100,000 people. He said 230 deaths and 6,999 recoveries were registered during this period.
Last week has also seen an increase of nearly 6.6 percent in the number of infection cases and 43.8 percent in the number of deaths, he added.
Regarding the geographical distribution of Covid-19 infections in Morocco, Mrabet said 24 provinces recorded less than 10 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, while six provinces recorded more than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
