This new figure brings to 8,793 the number of contaminations in the Kingdom since the declaration of the first case on March 2 and to 7,765 the number of people who fully recovered, said Dr. Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations at the Ministry of Health, in a statement aired by MAP on its television channel M24 and on RIM RADIO.

The death toll has remained at 212, with no deaths reported in the past 24 hours, a fatality rate of 2.4%, he added, noting that the recovery rate is 88.3%.

The new cases were recorded in the regions of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (42 cases in a professional cluster in Kénitra), Marrakech-Safi (21 cases, including 20 in Marrakech and a new case in Safi), Casablanca-Settat (13, including 10 in Casablanca), Fez-Meknès (12 cases relating to contacts of family clusters), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (9 cases, including 8 in Tangier and one in Larache), Béni Mella-Khénifra (2 cases, including one in Béni Mellal) and Guelmim-Oued Noun (2 cases relating to contacts of family clusters), he said, adding that the other regions have no new infections.

Among the 101 recorded cases, 92 were detected within the framework of the contact person tracking system, that is 91% of new contaminations. This follow-up has so far concerned a total of 50,165 cases, said Dr Mrabet, adding that 5.611 contact subjects are still under medical surveillance.

Regarding active cases, Mrabet noted that 816 patients are currently under treatment, that is 2.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. They are mainly located in the regions of Marrakech-Safi, Casablanca-Settat, Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, while the Souss-Massa region has only one active case, a boy aged 13 years.

16,522 additional cases were excluded after negative test results, that is a total of 413,727 cases excluded since the outbreak of the virus, the official noted.

In addition, 11 cases are in intensive care, including 06 in Casablanca-Settat (2 under artificial respiration), 5 in Tangier (2 under artificial respiration).

Dr Mrabet also stressed that "the gradual lifting of quarantine restrictions does not mean a return to the social life that we used to have before. The month of June 2020 is completely different from that of 2019 or 2018, since we are facing today a new undesirable element which is Sars-CoV-2".

"It is therefore imperative to respect the health measures, in particular the wearing of a face mask, social distancing, washing hands with water, soap and antiseptic products, and avoiding gatherings and crowded places as well as family visits especially for vulnerable and elderly people," he concluded.