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RABAT, Jan.1 (Xinhua) – Morocco registered 1,777 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total count in the North African country to 440,970, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in Morocco reached 409,638 after 2,134 new ones were added.
The death toll rose to 7,425 with 37 new deaths in the past 24 hours, while 1,093 people are in intensive care units.
The death rate from COVID-19 in Morocco is 1.7 percent, while the recovery rate is 92.9 percent.
China has assisted 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, 2020, to Casablanca-Settat in Morocco.
On May 14 last year, the China Development Bank sent a batch of donations, 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. Final product
