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.

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.

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.

On 13 March, the government decided to shut down all schools, effective March 16 until further notice.

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.

Timeline
+DateTotalRefCasesRecoveriesDeathsMarch 20206172436April 20204,423984170May 20207,8075,459205June 202012,5338,920228July 202024,32217,658353August 202062,59047,5951,141September 2020121,183 2,152October 2020219,084181,2753,695November 2020356,336305,2915,846December 2020439,193407,5047,388January 2021471,157449,1608,275February 2021483,654469,0468,623March 2021496,097483,3638,818April 2021511,249497,6519,023May 2021519,216507,1259,147June 2021531,361517,5769,296July 2021623,528561,9309,785August 2021860,948793,60712,649September 2021933,071906,16014,267October 2021946,145926,43314,668November 2021949,917932,29114,776December 2021963,062940,19314,849 January 20221,132,7161,076,47115,400February 20221,160,9751,140,72015,988March 20221,163,2741,146,56316,060April 20221,164,9531,148,47416,069May 20221,168,3031,150,59916,076June 20221,216,9091,175,36216,109July 20221,260,9781,240,11816,237August 20221,264,5491,247,91516,274September 20221,264,9611,248,55416,278October 20221,265,6011,249,10016,281November 20221,268,8231,251,25616,284December 20221,271,5951,254,84816,294January 20231,272,2401,255,88116,296

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