Morocco registers 659 new COVID-19 cases, 26,196 in total

Morocco registered 659 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the tally of infections in the North African country to 26,196, the health ministry said. The total recoveries increased by 533 to 18,968, while the death toll from the virus rose by 19 to 401 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, 16,250 contacts with the coronavirus patients are still under medical surveillance, while 79 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.Enditem