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.

COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationMorocco
First outbreakLombardy, Italy via Wuhan, China
Index caseCasablanca
Arrival date2 March 2020
(4 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Confirmed cases1,272,490 (9 March 2023)[1] Edit this on Wikidata
Recovered930,236 (15 November 2021)[2] Edit this on Wikidata
Deaths
16,296 (9 March 2023)[1] Edit this on Wikidata
Government website
covidmaroc.ma

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.[3]

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.[4]

On 13 March, the government decided to shut down all schools, effective March 16 until further notice.[5]

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.[6][7]

Timeline
Date Total Ref
Cases Recoveries Deaths
March 2020 617 24 36
April 20204,423984170
May 20207,8075,459205
June 202012,5338,920228
July 202024,32217,658353
August 202062,59047,5951,141
September 2020121,1832,152
October 2020219,084181,2753,695
November 2020356,336305,2915,846
December 2020439,193407,5047,388
January 2021471,157449,1608,275
February 2021483,654469,0468,623
March 2021496,097483,3638,818
April 2021511,249497,6519,023
May 2021519,216507,1259,147
June 2021531,361517,5769,296
July 2021623,528561,9309,785
August 2021860,948793,60712,649
September 2021933,071906,16014,267
October 2021946,145926,43314,668
November 2021949,917932,29114,776
December 2021963,062940,19314,849[lower-alpha 1]
January 20221,132,7161,076,47115,400
February 20221,160,9751,140,72015,988
March 20221,163,2741,146,56316,060
April 20221,164,9531,148,47416,069[9]
May 20221,168,3031,150,59916,076[10]
June 20221,216,9091,175,36216,109[11]
July 20221,260,9781,240,11816,237[12]
August 20221,264,5491,247,91516,274[13]
September 20221,264,9611,248,55416,278[14]
October 20221,265,6011,249,10016,281[15]
November 20221,268,8231,251,25616,284[16]
December 20221,271,5951,254,84816,294[17]
January 20231,272,2401,255,88116,296[18]

Notes
  1. Morocco's first case of the Omicron variant was reported on 15 December.[8]

References
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  3. "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.
  4. "Two New Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Reported in Morocco". Maghreb Arabe Press. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. "Courses Suspended in Morocco from March 16 Until Further Notice". Maghreb Arabe Press. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. "COVID-19: Morocco Declares State of Emergency". Morocco World News. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  7. "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.
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  9. "Bulletin quotidien COVID-19" (PDF) (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Protection. 30 April 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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  15. "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.
  16. "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.
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  18. "COVID-19 situation report January 2023" (PDF). World Health Organization. 31 January 2023. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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