Significant Increase in Number of Victims of the Morocco Earthquake

The Moroccan Ministry of Interior announced that "the number of earthquake fatalities has risen to more than 2012 people late Saturday evening." It stated in a statement that "the number of injured has increased to more than 2060, with over 1400 in critical condition." In a related context, a French Foreign Ministry official said today that "one French citizen was killed and eight others were injured in the earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday evening." He added that "the French citizen died of a heart attack during the earthquake, without providing further details."