RABAT, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 308 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Morocco on Thursday, bringing the total number in the country to 15,079.
The number of the patients cured increased to 11,447 with 131 new recoveries, said Hind Ezzine, head of the Department of Epidemic Diseases of the Ministry of Health, at a regular press briefing.
The COVID-19 death toll remained at 242 as no new fatality was recorded in the last 24 hours, Ezzine added.
A total of 820,185 tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in Morocco since the start of the outbreak in the country on March 2, she said, adding the number of active cases is 3,390, including 21 in intensive care units.
The COVID-19 death rate in Morocco is kept down at 1.6 percent, with the recovery rate at 76 percent, the official noted.
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 has also donated 15,000 surgical gloves, 20,000 medical masks and 2,000 protective suits to help Moroccan medical workers fight the pandemic. Enditem
