RABAT, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Morocco registered 283 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally of infections to 16,545, the Ministry of Health said.
The death toll from the infectious respiratory disease stood at 263, said Hind Ezzine, head of the Department of Epidemic Diseases of the Ministry of Health, at a regular press briefing.
The number of people cured increased to 13,965 with 144 new recoveries, she added.
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 Morocco to help 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 protect Moroccan medical workers fighting the pandemic. Enditem
