An updated official tally from Venezuela puts the death toll at 1,450, with some 3,500 injured and roughly 50,000 still missing, according to Abu Ali Express. The figures mark a continued climb from Sunday's official count of 1,430 killed.
Venezuelan authorities have again raised the official death toll from the devastating earthquakes, now reporting 1,450 killed, 3,500 injured, and some 50,000 missing, per Abu Ali Express. The update, received Monday morning, follows a series of escalating official and unverified casualty figures over the past four days.
As The Zioneer reported Sunday at 07:57 Jerusalem, the prior official count stood at 1,430 killed and more than 3,200 wounded. That figure itself was a sharp increase from 920, the official tally on Thursday at 20:43 Jerusalem. An unverified claim Saturday night at 22:56 Jerusalem of nearly 1,500 deaths sharply exceeded the earlier official count. The missing estimate has also fluctuated: Sunday at 01:51 Jerusalem, reports put the figure at 68,900 — far above an early unverified estimate of 30,000 from Thursday at 22:02 Jerusalem.
The official toll has climbed steadily. Thursday evening at 20:43 Jerusalem, the National Assembly president reported 188 dead and 1,520 wounded. By Friday, the health ministry confirmed 235 dead; the president later announced 589 killed and nearly 3,000 wounded; and an official statement lifted the tally to 929 dead and 3,360 injured, as The Zioneer reported on June 26 at 04:02 Jerusalem.
All figures remain subject to change as search and rescue operations continue in isolated disaster zones. The official source has not provided a timestamp for the latest update nor a breakdown by region.
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