RABAT, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Morocco on Tuesday reported 1,021 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of coronavirus infections in the country to 27,217.
The total number of recoveries from the coronavirus in Morocco increased to 19,629, after 661 new ones were added, while the death toll rose by 16 to 417, said Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the Moroccan Center for Public Health Operations at the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, 17,446 people having contacts with the coronavirus patients are still under medical surveillance, while 92 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
