According to Mouad Merabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations of the Ministry of Health, the peak of contaminations was reached during the last week, despite the sharp increase in contaminations in recent days.
We are moving towards a drop in contamination in Morocco. Good news from Mouad Merabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations of the Ministry of Health. In a post published on his LinkedIn account, the latter returned in detail to the green signals detected during the week of January 17 to 23, 2022 Morocco.
According to him, the national positivity rate, in other words, the number of positive cases compared to the number of tests, stagnated for the second consecutive week at 24.4%, a drop particularly noted in the regions of Casablanca-Settat, Marrakech- Safi and Souss-Massa. The number of tests carried out increased from 190,432 (from January 10 to 16) to 203,352 between January 17 and 23, an increase of 6.78%. Another reassuring indicator, new cases only increased by 7% during this period.
As a reminder, this number had increased by 32% from January 10 to 16, 2022. Ditto for the reproduction rate of the virus, i.e. the average number of people infected by a patient, which is now 0.98%, while it had been above 1% since November 21, 2021. All positive data.
According to him โmost likely, the peak of contaminations was reachedโ during the last week, despite the sharp increase in cases. Moreover, the level of contamination remains high at the national level. All regions are red. However, that of Casablanca-Settat went from a very high level to a high level during the last week.
Avoid relaxation
A confirmation of the start of this downward phase. โThe peak will be followed by an increase in severe Covidosis and unfortunately deaths. At least two difficult weeks await us in terms of severe-critical cases and mortality, โhe warns. As if to say that we must not relax, because the Omicron threat is still there, especially when we know that this variant represents 95% of new cases in Morocco.
As proof, cases admitted to intensive care and intensive care increased by 36.19%, with 730 new cases over the past week, compared to 536 cases seven days earlier. Deaths have also more than doubled from 65 between January 10 and 16, 2022 to 156 from January 17 to 23. โFatal errors have led patients to intensive care, some of whom have died,โ notes Mr. Merabet. Among these, taking corticosteroids in the early phase of the disease, practicing sports, lack of hydration, non-compliance with the therapeutic protocol, or even self-medication.