As of January 4, 2022, the daily increase of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Morocco amounted to 4,299 cases, leading the cumulative coronavirus (COVID-19) cases to roughly 972 thousand infected civilians. As of the same date, there were 14,867 deaths and 943.1 thousand recoveries recorded in the country.

Morocco recorded 1274180 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Morocco reported 16297 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Morocco Coronavirus Cases.

As of September 28, 2022, the total number of deaths caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Morocco reached 16,278. As of the same date, over one million overall cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country.

Development of the pandemic

On March 2, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Morocco. By the end of the year, 437,332 infections had been recorded in the country. The rise in the number of cases continued throughout the following year. Furthermore, although the recovery rate from the virus increased between December 2020 and June 4, 2021, it declined gradually after this date until it generally increased from August 15, 2021 onwards. Consequently, recoveries from the virus reached a total of over one million as of January 2022. Concurrently, the daily rate of occupancy of intensive care beds in the country dropped compared to 2020.

Economic impact on households and businesses

Developments in the spread of the virus in Morocco had some economic impacts on citizens and business activities. Many Moroccan households, especially those of the lower class, lost their sources of income in 2020. Furthermore, although a greater proportion of business enterprises were active during the pandemic, many others were temporarily or permanently shut down as of the second half of 2020. Moreover, 83 percent of business operations declined, with micro-enterprises, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) being the most affected.

As of January 3, 2022, the daily increase in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases amounted to 885, leading the total number of coronavirus cases in Morocco to reach about 967.7 thousand cases. As of the same date, there were 14,862 deaths and 941.9 thousand recoveries recorded in the country. The highest daily count took place on August 5, 2021 with 12,039 cases being registered.

New Covid cases per million people in Morocco, March, 2023 The most recent value is 5 new Covid cases per million people as of March 2023, a decline compared to the previous value of 6 new Covid cases per million people. Historically, the average for Morocco from February 2020 to March 2023 is 894 new Covid cases per million people. The minimum of 0 new Covid cases per million people was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 6409 new Covid cases per million people was reached in August 2021. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

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Morocco recorded 963,092 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in 2021. The annual number of cases increased compared to the 439,193 registered throughout the previous year. The number of tests, deaths, and recoveries also increased in 2021. In contrast, active cases declined to 8,050 as of December 31, 2021, compared to 24,301 as of the end of 2020.

As of November 18, 2022, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa amounted to around 12.7 million, which represented around two percent of the infections around the world. By the same date, coronavirus cases globally were over 640 million, deaths were over six million, while approximately 620 million people recovered from the disease. On the African continent, South Africa was the most drastically affected country, with more than 3.6 million infections.

The African continent fighting the pandemic  

The African continent first came in contact with the coronavirus pandemic on February 14, 2020, in the northernmost part, particularly Egypt. Since then, the different governments took severe restrictive measures to try to curb the spread of the disease. Moreover, the official numbers of the African continent are significantly lower than those of Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Nevertheless, the infectious disease still managed to have its effects on several countries. South Africa had the highest number of deaths. Morocco and Tunisia, the second and third most affected in Africa, recorded 16,002 and 27,824 deaths, respectively, while Egypt registered at 24,132 as of March 02, 2022.

The light at the end of the tunnel  

Although the African countries still have a long way to fully combat the virus, vaccination programs have been rolled out in the majority of Africa. Also, according to a survey, public opinion in several African countries shows a high willingness to be vaccinated, with Ethiopia having numbers as high as 94 percent. As of March 2022, Egypt was the country administering the highest number of vaccine doses, however, Seychelles had the highest per rate per 100 people .

As of April 24, 2022, the coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery rate in Morocco stood at 98.6 percent. The rate of recovery has remained above 80 percent since December 2020. The highest rates were recorded in December 2021, while the lowest was in August 2021.

Data for measuring e-learning systems success during the COVID-19 pandemic: Case of the Higher Education Institutions in Morocco

As of November 22, 2021, the cumulative number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Northern Africa amounted to 2,635,876. Morocco was the most affected in the northern most region of Africa with more than 948.9 thousand of its civilians having contracted the virus. Tunisia ranked second in the region, with roughly 716.3 thousand recorded cases. Moreover, Libya ranked third, registering approximately 368.4 thousand cases of infections.

Prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the inflation rate in Morocco in 2020 and 2021 was expected at 1 and 1.2 percent, respectively. On the contrary, under a baseline scenario, inflation was projected at 0.4 percent in 2020 and 1.1 percent in 2021. Moreover, under a worst case scenario, where the pandemic continued to the end of 2020, inflation rate was estimated at 0.4 and 1.3 percent for 2020 and 2021 respectively.

As of November 22, 2021, the cumulative number of coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths in Northern Africa amounted to 74,622, which represented 32.97 percent of the overall deaths in the African continent. In the northern region, Tunisia reported 25,347 casualties due to the pandemic. Although Morocco was the most affected in the number of COVID-19 cases, the country came third registering 14,764 deaths, while Egypt recorded 19,991 deaths.

Association between COVID-19 infection and the implementation of the preventive measures in the workplace and the adherence to hygiene and protection measures.

As of March 15, 2023, Seychelles was the African country with the highest coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination rate, with around 205 doses administered per 100 individuals. Mauritius and Rwanda followed with 201 and 190 doses per 100 people, respectively. Ranking fourth, Morocco had a vaccination rate of approximately 148 doses per 100 people, registering the third-highest number of inoculations after Egypt and Nigeria. In South Africa, the most affected country on the continent, the vaccination rate instead reached around 64 per 100 population.

How did Africa obtain the vaccines?

Vaccines in Africa were obtained in different ways. African nations both purchased new doses and received them from other countries. At the beginning of the vaccination campaigns, donations came from all over the world, such as China, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Russia. The United Nations-led COVAX initiative provided Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech doses to several African countries. Within this program, the continent received nearly 270 million doses as of January 2022. Moreover, the vaccination campaign has also been an occasion for intra-African solidarity. Senegal has, for instance, donated vaccines to the Gambia, while in January 2021, Algeria announced that it would have shared its supply with Tunisia.

COVID-19 impact on the African economy

The spread of COVID-19 negatively affected socio-economic growth in Africa, with the continent’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracting significantly in 2020. Specifically, Southern Africa experienced the sharpest decline, at minus six percent, followed by North Africa at minus 1.7 percent. Most of Africa’s key economic sectors were hit by the pandemic. The drop in global oil prices led to a crisis in the oil and gas sector. Nigeria, the continent’s leading oil-exporting country, witnessed a considerable decrease in crude oil trade in 2020. Moreover, the shrinking number of international tourist arrivals determined a loss of over 12 million jobs in Africa’s travel and tourism sector. Society has also been substantially affected by COVID-19 on the poorest continent in the world, and the number of people living in extreme poverty was estimated to increase by around 30 million in 2020.