The Star – By M Arwayahya
Morocco registered 3,460 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the tally of infections in the North African country to 222,544, the health ministry said in a statement.
It also reported 67 new deaths from the coronavirus, raising the death toll in Morocco to 3,762.
The total recoveries in Morocco increased by 3,038 to 184,313 in the last 24 hours, while 840 patients remained in the 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.
