Morocco registered 1,343 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, raising the tally of infections in the North African country to 61,399, the health ministry said.
The total recoveries increased by 1,737 to 46,355, while the death toll rose to 1,111 after 33 new fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, said Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the Moroccan Center for Public Health Operations at the Ministry of Health, in a press briefing.
The official added that the COVID-19 fatality rate in Morocco stands at 1.8 percent and the current recovery rate is 75.5 percent, while 195 patients are in intensive care units.
China has helped Morocco in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
A batch of medical supplies donated by the government of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was transported on June 8 to Casablanca-Settat in Morocco.
On May 14, China Development Bank sent a batch of donation, including respirators and medical protective masks, to help Morocco fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
China’s Guizhou Province also donated 15,000 surgical gloves, 20,000 medical masks and 2,000 protective suits to help protect Moroccan medical workers fighting the pandemic.
