The new figure brings to 199,745 the total number of contaminations since the first case reported on March 2 and to 165,922 that of fully recovered people, i.e. a recovery rate of 83.1%, the ministry said in its daily Covid-19 report.

The number of deaths rose to 3,373 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 (11), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (9), Marrakech-Safi (6), Fez-Meknes (7), Souss-Massa (7), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (5), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (3) and Draâ-Tafilalet (1).

New cases of contamination were detected in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (880), the eastern region (376), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (325), Marrakech-Safi (194), Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (175), Fez-Meknes (86), Béni Mellal-Khénifra (83), Souss-Massa (82), Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (42), Draâ-Tafilalet (20) and Guelmim-Oued Noun (1).

The number of excluded cases stands at 3,018,133, after 18,097 new negative tests.

The active cases have reached a total of 30,450, while the severe or critical cases are 764, of which 56 are intubated. The occupancy rate of the intensive care beds for Covid-19 is 33.25%.

The cumulative incidence rate is 550/100,000 inhabitants, against a 24-hour incidence established at 6.2/100,000 inhabitants.