taza, khemisset, sidi kacem, sidi slimane, settat, sidi bennour, chichaoua, al haouz, el kelâa des sraghna, essaouira, rehamna, safi and youssoufia. the second zone, composed of 16 prefectures and provinces where the situation was moderately controlled: tanger-assilah, larache, fez, el hajeb, rabat, salé, skhirat-témara, kénitra, casablanca, mohammadia, el jadida, nouaceur, médiouna, ben slimane, berrechid and marrakech. note that commercial activities such as cafés, or any sort of event were still prohibited in both zones. the national lockdown was gradually periodically lifted throughout the month of june. in the second half of july 2020, as cases spiked up again (over 10,000 active cases, up from around 200 at the start of the month), the government shifted many regions back to zone 2, locked down more cities and re-established high-alert quarantine in heavily affected cities. on 21 december 2020, the moroccan government announced it would impose a nightly curfew, alongside other restrictive measures, to take effect on 23 december as part of its response to the spread of the virus. the curfew was periodically extended alongside the state of health emergency, remaining in place throughout ramadan, and was then shortened by four and a half hours on 22 may. in early 2021, authorities prevented several planned demonstrations from taking place, including a march in solidarity with imprisoned activists omar radi and soulaimane raissouni, as well as multiple pro-palestine protests, under the pretext of avoiding "any violation of the measures of the state of health emergency". a new surge in cases was reported in july 2021, partly due to loose control of health measures in the country, coupled with new variants of the virus, in particular delta, going from 4,751 cases per day on july 1 to 53,876 on august 1. this prompted the government to retighten health measures, including increasing the duration of the nightly curfew, banning travel to and from casablanca, agadir and marrakech (with the exception of vaccinated individuals and those with a permit), and enforcing the wearing of masks. on 23 august, the government extended the state of health emergency until 31 october at the earliest. the curfew was reduced by 2 hours starting from 11:00 pm on 1 october, in response to a decreasing trend of daily cases as well as the ongoing vaccination campaign. it was eventually lifted on 10 november. in december 2021, the government announced that forthcoming new year's eve celebrations would be prohibited, enforcing a curfew from midnight to 6:00 am local time, and ordering restaurants and cafes to close at 11:30 pm. in february 2023, the government council reportedly did not adopt a new draft decree extending the state of health emergency, which was due to expire on 28 february. emergency fund on 15 march, king mohammed vi announced the creation of an emergency fund (labelled as fonds spécial pour la gestion de la pandémie du coronavirus (covid-19)) to upgrade health infrastructure and support the worst affected economic sectors. the fund has a volume of 10 billion dirham ($1 billion). fighting disinformation some critics of the government have been arrested for allegedly spreading fake news on coronavirus. ramadan the government announced that being outside shelter between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am during the muslim holy month of ramadan (1441 ah / 2020 bce) (which started on 25 april) is strictly forbidden for any reason except for special cases, such as logistics. others on 26 march 2020, saadeddine othmani, the head of government, announced a country wide hiring stop until the end of the coronavirus crisis. promotions are also to be postponed until the situation has come under control. the health and security sectors are exempted from this order. on 6 april 2020 (effective the 7th), the government obliged its citizens to wear face masks. the government announced that for the public sector, salaries will be cut by one day for every month for 3 months (march, april and may). on 22 june 2020, the foreign minister nasser bourita announced the cancellation of the 2020 operation marhaba, the annual travel of about three million moroccan people from europe to morocco during the summer months. statistics cumulative number of cases, deaths and recoveries new cases per day deaths per day recoveries per day by region covid-19 pandemic in morocco by region region cases deaths recoveries total per 100,000 inhabitants casablanca-settat 187,84352.33 173 2,628 tanger-tetouan-al hoceima 43,45177.77 112 2,534 marrakech-safi 38,51756.84 172 2,928 fez-meknes 20,473unknown 105 2,121 rabat-sale-kenitra 72,100unknown 22 688 laâyoune-sakia el hamra 7,377198.53 4 763 drâa-tafilalet 15,66534.6 47 583 oriental 30,37310.11 18 204 béni mellal-khénifra 17,1506.28 22 170 guelmim-oued noun 6,70630.25 4 145 souss-massa 34,6363.35 20 95 dakhla-oued ed-dahab 4,4559.52 1 31 total 1,272,490 42.64 16,296 930,236 latest update: (9 march 2023) 18:00 utc (source: covid-19 dashboards)