Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Set to Reach 230 000

The latest figure does not include bodies buried by private funeral homes in private cemeteries, or the dead buried by their own families. Photo by BGNES

The number of people killed in the Haiti earthquake could be 230 000, the Haitian government says, revising its latest estimate up by 18 000.

Communications Minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue said the toll was not definitive. About 300 000 were injured, the BBC reported.

The latest figure does not include bodies buried by private funeral homes in private cemeteries, or the dead buried by their own families.

The one-month anniversary is to be marked with prayer vigils and fasting.

The death toll from the 12 January quake is approaching that of the Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, in which about 250 000 people died.

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