This new figure brings to 12,290 the number of contaminations in the Kingdom since the first case reported on March 2 and to 8,833 the number of people who fully recovered, representing a recovery rate of 71.9%, said Hind Ezzine, head of the Epidemic Disease Division at the Department of Epidemiology under the Ministry of Health.

The death toll stands at 225 after announcing four new deaths in the past 24 hours, she added, saying that the fatality rate has reached 1.8%.

With regard to the geographical distribution of the new cases, 73 cases were identified in the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (63 cases in Tangier and 10 cases in Larache), 66 cases in the region of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (65 cases in Laâyoune and one case in Tarfaya), 39 new cases in the region of Fez-Meknès (37 in Fez and 2 in Sefrou), 22 new cases in the region of Marrakech-Safi (13 cases in Marrakech, 2 cases in Al Haouz and 7 cases in El Kelâa des Sraghna), 19 new cases in the region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (12 cases in Kénitra, 4 cases in Sidi Kacem, 2 cases in Sidi Slimane, and one case in Témara), 14 cases in the Casablanca-Settat region (all in Casablanca), 3 cases in the eastern region (two cases in Oujda and one case in Jerada), one case in the region of Béni Mellal-Khénifra (Fkih Ben Saleh) and one case in the Souss-Massa region (in Agadir), while the other regions have registered no new cases, said the official.

Referring to the system for contact person tracking, the official said that their number has currently reached 66,798, of which 10,901 are still under medical supervision, noting that the number of cases excluded after negative test results carried out in the laboratory stands at 650,524.

Regarding active cases, Ezzine noted that 3,232 patients are currently under treatment, 18 of whom are in critical condition and receiving the necessary care.

The official also noted that the increase in the number of cases calls for more respect for individual and collective preventive measures, notably among the elderly suffering from chronic diseases, recalling preventive measures as regular hand washing, social distancing, barrier gestures, the correct wearing of a face mask as well as the downloading of the "wiqaytna" application and its use in a proper way.