Morocco on Saturday reported 3,443 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country since March 2 to 149,841.
The death toll rose by 42 to 2,572, while 445 patients are in intensive care units, said the Moroccan Ministry of Health in a press release.
The number of recoveries from the coronavirus in Morocco increased to 124,854 after 1,832 more recoveries were added on Saturday, the ministry said.
Casablanca remains the worst-hit region in the country with 1,733 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths during the last 24 hours.
China has helped Morocco in its fight against 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.
