1,537 new cases of Covid-19 contamination were confirmed in Morocco in 24 hours, bringing to 52,349 cases the total number of people tested positive for the new coronavirus, announces the Ministry of Health, this Sunday, August 23 at 6 p.m.
The number of active patients has increased considerably in recent days. It now stands at 15,118.
The Ministry of Health has identified 30 deaths and 1,303 healings in 24 hours, bringing the official toll to 888 deaths and 35,040 remissions since the start of the epidemic in Morocco on March 2, 2020.
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The total number of cases tested negative for Covid-19 after the result of laboratory analyzes amounts to 1,706,521, which brings the overall number of screening tests carried out in Morocco, since 1is March 2020, at 1.758.870.
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In the Maghreb, a leaden scree falls on Algeria where the authorities do not communicate the number of screening tests, which raises fears that the number of contaminations is much higher than the official figures. 392 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 11 deaths have been recorded during the last 24 hours in Algeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 41,460 and that of deaths to 1,435.
In Tunisia, 131 new cases, 4 deaths and 14 recoveries have been recorded over the past 24 hours. The number of confirmed cases stands at 2,738. The number of deaths caused by Covid-19 stands at 68, while 1,434 individuals have fully recovered.
In Mauritania, 9 new cases, zero deaths and 17 recoveries were recorded during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 6,894, including 6,203 recoveries. The country currently has 533 active cases. No deaths have been recorded during the last 48 hours and the number of people who have died from Covid-19 has stabilized at 158.
The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus has killed at least 805,470 people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of this disease at the end of December, according to a report established by AFP from official sources Sunday at 11:00 GMT.
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More than 23,263,670 cases of contamination have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories since the start of the epidemic. At least 14,686,200 of these people are now considered cured.
However, this number of diagnosed cases only reflects a fraction of the actual number of infections. Some countries only test severe cases, others prioritize testing for tracing, and many poor countries have limited testing capacity.
On the day of Saturday, 5,728 additional deaths and 270,744 new cases were recorded worldwide. The countries that have recorded the most new deaths in their latest reports are the United States (1,087), India (912) and Brazil (892).
The United States is the most affected country in terms of both deaths and cases, with 176,371 deaths for 5,668,564 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University count. At least 1,985,484 people have been declared cured.
After the United States, the most bereaved countries are Brazil with 114,250 dead for 3,582,362 cases, Mexico with 60,254 dead (556,216 cases), India with 56,706 dead (3,044,940 cases) and the United Kingdom with 41,423 deaths (324,601 cases).
Among the countries hardest hit, Belgium is the one that deplores the highest number of deaths in relation to its population, 86 per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Peru (83), Spain (62), the United Kingdom (61), and Italy (59).
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China (excluding the territories of Hong Kong and Macao) has officially counted a total of 84,951 cases (12 new between Saturday and Sunday), including 4,634 deaths and 79,895 recoveries.
India passed the milestone of three million people carrying the new coronavirus on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health. The second most populous nation on the planet has reported 69,239 new infections and 912 additional deaths, bringing the total number of people who have succumbed to Covid-19 to 56,706.
South Korea on Sunday reported the largest daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases since early March (397 new cases), mostly in Seoul or its region, which has raised fears to authorities that this country is located ” bordering on a national epidemic “.
Saturday, 3,602 new positive diagnoses were recorded in France, according to health authorities. Thursday and Friday, 4,771 and 4,586 new cases had been recorded.
The epidemic “has never stopped”, recalled Olivier Véran, the French Minister of Health.
“It was only checked during the confinement and then the progressive deconfinement”. “The risk, he insisted, is that, after gently removing the lid of the pot, the water will boil again.”
Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 257,469 deaths for 6,669,915 cases on Sunday at 11:00 GMT, Europe 212,739 (3,701,241 cases), the United States and Canada 185,477 (5,793,149 cases), Asia 87,444 (4,487,621 cases), the Middle East 34,219 (1,400,745 cases), Africa 27,584 (1,183,662 cases) and Oceania 538 (27,342 cases).
This assessment was carried out using data collected by AFP offices from the competent national authorities and information from the World Health Organization (WHO). Due to corrections made by authorities or late releases of data, the 24-hour increase figures may not exactly match those released the day before.
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