The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to over 28-hundred.

According to the Moroccan newspaper Le Matin, the interior ministry said that as of 7 p.m. on Monday, at least two-thousand-862 have died, and two-thousand-562 have been injured after the near seven-magnitude quake hit Marrakesh and several towns on Friday night.

The death toll increased by 740 since the previous day. 

Many of the fatalities occurred in remote locations south of Marrakesh. Al-Haouz, the epicenter of the quake, was hit hardest, with one-thousand-604 reported deaths, followed by Taroudant with 975 deaths. Among the deceased, two-thousand-854 have been buried.  

The casualty count is expected to increase further as a large number of patients remain in critical condition, and search and rescue operations continue.