Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
A total of 289 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Morocco on Saturday, bringing the total infections in the country to 17,015.
The number of recovered patients rose to 14,620 with 260 new recoveries, Hind Ezzine, head of the Department of Epidemic Diseases of the Ministry of Health, told a regular press briefing.
The COVID-19 death toll rose to 269 after five new fatalities were recorded in the last 24 hours, Ezzine said.
The death rate from the coronavirus in Morocco is kept low at 1.6 percent, while the recovery rate is at 86 percent, the official noted.
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 has also donated 15,000 surgical gloves, 20,000 medical masks and 2,000 protective suits to help Moroccan medical workers fight the pandemic. Enditem
