Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani (Front) inspects a college entrance exam in Rabat, Morocco, on July 6, 2020. Morocco registered 164 new coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the total number in the North African country to 14,379, the health ministry said. (Photo by Chadi/Xinhua)
RABAT, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Morocco registered 164 new coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the total number in the North African country to 14,379, the health ministry said.
The number of the cured patients has increased to 10,137 with 448 new recoveries, while the death toll from the virus stood at 237, said Hind Ezzine, head of the department of epidemic diseases of the ministry, during a press briefing.
The COVID-19 death rate in Morocco stabilizes at 1.6 percent, with the recovery rate at 70.7 percent, she noted.
A total of 769,260 tests for COVID-19 have been carried out in Morocco since the start of the outbreak in the country, Ezzine said, adding the number of active cases stands at 3,969.
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
