The just released death toll as/of Friday July 3 has risen to 2,645, with more than 12,600 injured.
From The Orinoco Tribune, July 2:
The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Deputy Jorge Rodríguez, has reported the updated figures on the ongoing emergency response and the scale of the natural catastrophe that Venezuela has been suffering.
During his daily broadcast in the early afternoon this Wednesday, July 1, Rodríguez provided the latest casualty reports that mark seven days since the devastating June 24 earthquakes.
Updated casualty and rescue figures
According to the top Venezuelan official, 2,295 people have lost their lives so far, and a further 11,267 individuals are reported injured. On a positive note, 6,461 people have been successfully rescued from the debris, including a young girl who was pulled alive from the rubble on Tuesday.Seismic activity continues to stabilize, with 782 aftershocks recorded so far. Rodríguez also indicated that these tremors are becoming less frequent and are of a lesser magnitude. While he cautioned that the nation is not entirely out of the woods yet, the downward trend represents a positive development for the affected regions....
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