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Morocco’s COVID-19 cases surpass 30,000

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A medical worker uses a test kit to diagnose COVID-19 virus in Rabat, Morocco, on July 15, 2020. (Photo by Chadi/Xinhua)

Morocco on Friday reported 1,018 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of coronavirus infections in the country to 30,666.

The total number of recoveries from the coronavirus in Morocco increased to 21,548, after 995 new ones were added, while the death toll rose by 12 to 461, said Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the Moroccan Center for Public Health Operations at the Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile, more than 19,700 contacts with coronavirus patients are still under medical surveillance, while 127 patients are in intensive care units.

China has helped Morocco in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s Guizhou Province has donated 15,000 surgical gloves, 20,000 medical masks, and 2,000 protective suits to help protect Moroccan medical workers fighting the pandemic.

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