COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Morocco on 2 March 2020, when the first case COVID-19 case was confirmed in Casablanca. It involved a Moroccan living in Bergamo, Italy who arrived from Italy on 27 February 2020.
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| Disease | COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||
| First outbreak | Lombardy, Italy via Wuhan, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Index case | Casablanca | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) | ||||||||||||||||||
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A second case was confirmed later that same day involving an 89-year-old woman Moroccan living in Italy who had returned to Morocco on 25 February 2020 from Bologna, Italy. She subsequently died on 10 March 2020.[1]
After the two cases confirmed on 2 March 2020, a third case was confirmed on 10 March 2020, a French tourist who arrived in Marrakesh. On 11 March 2020, it was announced that the wife and daughter of the French tourist also tested positive, bringing the total cases to 5.[2]
On 13 March, the government decided to shut down all schools, effective March 16 until further notice.[3]
Morocco declared a state of medical emergency on 19 March 2020, to take effect on 20 March 2020 at 6:00 pm local time and to remain in effect until April 20, 2020 with possibility to extend for a longer period.[4][5]
Timeline
change| Date | Total | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Recoveries | Deaths | ||
| March 2020 | 617 | 24 | 36 | |
| April 2020 | 4,423 | 984 | 170 | |
| May 2020 | 7,807 | 5,459 | 205 | |
| June 2020 | 12,533 | 8,920 | 228 | |
| July 2020 | 24,322 | 17,658 | 353 | |
| August 2020 | 62,590 | 47,595 | 1,141 | |
| September 2020 | 121,183 | 2,152 | ||
| October 2020 | 219,084 | 181,275 | 3,695 | |
| November 2020 | 356,336 | 305,291 | 5,846 | |
| December 2020 | 439,193 | 407,504 | 7,388 | |
| January 2021 | 471,157 | 449,160 | 8,275 | |
| February 2021 | 483,654 | 469,046 | 8,623 | |
| March 2021 | 496,097 | 483,363 | 8,818 | |
| April 2021 | 511,249 | 497,651 | 9,023 | |
| May 2021 | 519,216 | 507,125 | 9,147 | |
| June 2021 | 531,361 | 517,576 | 9,296 | |
| July 2021 | 623,528 | 561,930 | 9,785 | |
| August 2021 | 860,948 | 793,607 | 12,649 | |
| September 2021 | 933,071 | 906,160 | 14,267 | |
| October 2021 | 946,145 | 926,433 | 14,668 | |
| November 2021 | 949,917 | 932,291 | 14,776 | |
| December 2021 | 963,062 | 940,193 | 14,849 | [a] |
| January 2022 | 1,132,716 | 1,076,471 | 15,400 | |
| February 2022 | 1,160,975 | 1,140,720 | 15,988 | |
| March 2022 | 1,163,274 | 1,146,563 | 16,060 | |
| April 2022 | 1,164,953 | 1,148,474 | 16,069 | [7] |
| May 2022 | 1,168,303 | 1,150,599 | 16,076 | [8] |
| June 2022 | 1,216,909 | 1,175,362 | 16,109 | [9] |
| July 2022 | 1,260,978 | 1,240,118 | 16,237 | [10] |
| August 2022 | 1,264,549 | 1,247,915 | 16,274 | [11] |
| September 2022 | 1,264,961 | 1,248,554 | 16,278 | [12] |
| October 2022 | 1,265,601 | 1,249,100 | 16,281 | [13] |
| November 2022 | 1,268,823 | 1,251,256 | 16,284 | [14] |
| December 2022 | 1,271,595 | 1,254,848 | 16,294 | [15] |
| January 2023 | 1,272,240 | 1,255,881 | 16,296 | [16] |
Notes
change- ↑ Morocco's first case of the Omicron variant was reported on 15 December.[6]
References
change- ↑ "Le Matin - Le Maroc annonce le premier cas de décès du nouveau coronavirus" [Morning - Morocco announces first case of death from new coronavirus]. Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ↑ "Two New Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Reported in Morocco". Maghreb Arabe Press. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ↑ "Courses Suspended in Morocco from March 16 Until Further Notice". Maghreb Arabe Press. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "COVID-19: Morocco Declares State of Emergency". Morocco World News. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ↑ "إعلان حالة الطوارئ الصحية وتقييد الحركة في البلاد". MapTanger (in Arabic). 2020-03-19. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ↑ Majdoub, Khalid (15 December 2021). "Morocco confirms 1st case of omicron variant". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ↑ "Bulletin quotidien COVID-19" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 30 April 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Bulletin quotidien COVID-19" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 31 May 2022. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ "Bulletin quotidien COVID-19" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 30 June 2022. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ↑ "Outbreak brief 133: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic". Africa CDC. 2 August 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ↑ "Outbreak brief 138: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic". Africa CDC. 6 September 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ "Outbreak brief 142: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic". Africa CDC. 6 October 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ↑ "COVID-19 daily bulletin" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 31 October 2022. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ↑ "COVID-19 daily bulletin" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 30 November 2022. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ↑ "COVID-19 daily bulletin" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 31 December 2022. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ↑ "COVID-19 situation report January 2023" (PDF). World Health Organization. 31 January 2023. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2022.