In 24 hours, 7,584 PCR tests were carried out in Morocco for a national total of 12,331,397 tests carried out since the start of the pandemic. Thus, active cases under treatment nationwide increased to 1,119 cases (0.09%).
In its epidemiological report for this Saturday, August 13, the Ministry of Health reports 40 critical cases admitted to intensive care nationwide, including a new admission in the last 24 hours. The occupancy rate of resuscitation beds dedicated to Covid-19 stands at 0.8%. Similarly, 3 cases under intubation were identified this Saturday while the total number of cases under artificial respiration stood at 10 cases.
In addition, Morocco has recorded one death due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, in the city of Oujda-Angad (Oriental regions), bringing the national total of deaths since the start of the pandemic to 16,268. The case fatality rate stands at 1.29% this Saturday.
Morocco has also recorded 208 recoveries, bringing the national total since the start of the pandemic to 1,245,986 remissions, while the recovery rate stood at 98.62% this Saturday.
In addition, and as indicated by the monitoring and monitoring platform of MoroccoLatestNewswww.moroccolatestnews.com, the Kingdom has recorded in the past 24 hours, 117 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the national total of confirmed contaminations to 1,263,373.
With regard to vaccination, the number of beneficiaries of the first dose of the vaccine since the start of the national campaign reached 24,884,097, 23,375,493 received D2, 6,719,087 received D3 while 32,852 received the D4, says the department of Khalid Ait Taleb.
The Ministry of Health thus invites citizens to respect the rules of hygiene and health safety as well as the preventive measures taken by the Moroccan authorities by showing responsibility and patriotism.
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