The number of COVID-19 cases in Morocco soars again with 1,956 new cases recorded on Saturday.

Morocco reported 1,734 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, and 1,568 on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

The North African country raised its alert level for COVID-19 from green to orange earlier this month, as cases spiked again.

As of Saturday, the number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the pandemic rose to 1,182,776, while recoveries increased to 1,157,230, the ministry said in a statement.