Morocco reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases

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Morocco reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases

Xinhua
06 Aug 2020, 03:44 GMT+10

RABAT, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Morocco on Wednesday reported 1,283 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest single-day increase so far, taking the number of infections in the country to 28,500.

The total recoveries increased by 365 to 19,994 while the death toll from the virus rose by 18 to 435 in the last 24 hours, said Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the Moroccan Center for Public Health Operations at the Ministry of Health, at a press briefing.

In addition, 17,865 contacts with the coronavirus patients are still under medical surveillance, while 108 patients are in 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.

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