Morocco on Wednesday reported 890 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections in the country to 468,383.
The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in the country increased to 446,181 after 1,358 new ones were added, the ministry of health said in a statement.
The death toll rose to 8,207 with 20 new fatalities during the last 24 hours, while 772 people are in intensive care units.
The COVID-19 fatality rate in Morocco stands at 1.8 percent while the recovery rate is 95.39 percent.
Morocco received on Wednesday its first shipment of Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, the ministry of health said.
The North African country will launch in the coming days a mass vaccination campaign.
