Morocco registered 444 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, taking the total tally in the North African country to 491,019, the health ministry said in a statement.
The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Morocco increased to 478,386 after 507 more were added.
The death toll rose to 8,755 after seven new fatalities were added during the last 24 hours, while 401 people are in intensive care units.
The COVID-19 fatality rate in Morocco stands at 1.8 percent while the recovery rate is 97.4 percent.
Meanwhile, 4,258,813 people have received so far the first vaccine shot against COVID-19 in the country, and 2,352,348 people have received the second dose.
Morocco launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Jan. 28 after the arrival of the first shipment of China’s Sinopharm vaccines
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