A total of 23,726,514 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Morocco, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 21,526,896 the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin.

According to the same source, 101 new COVID-19 cases and 253 recoveries were recorded in Morocco over the past 24 hours.

The total number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus stands at 944,378 while recoveries rise to 924,750, i.e. a recovery rate of 97.9%.

The new COVID-19 cases were reported in the regions of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (51), Casablanca-Settat (16), Eastern Region (11), Fez-Meknes (07), Marrakech-Safi (06), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (04), Souss-Massa (04), Beni Mellal-Khenifra (01) and Draa-Tafilalet (01).

As for coronavirus-related deaths, they rose to 14.621 (fatality rate of 1.5%) with 9 fatalities reported over the past 24 hours in the regions of Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (04), Casablanca-Settat (03), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (01) and Souss-Massa (01).

The number of active cases stands at 5,007, including 200 people in a critical or severe condition, the ministry said.