Caracas (EFE).- Venezuelan Parliament President Jorge Rodríguez reported on Wednesday that the death toll from the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela rose to 2,295, while the number of injured increased to 11,267.
«As of today, 2,295 people are dead, and 11,267 are injured. We are currently accounting for 12,841 affected individuals,» Rodríguez said in an update broadcast by the state-run channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
He also explained that over 4,000 rescue workers have rescued 6,461 people. «Hope remains intact,» he said.
Rodríguez noted that 782 aftershocks have been recorded since the double earthquake, though he clarified that their frequency and intensity have decreased over the past two days.
“The threat appears to be diminishing, but it has not disappeared,” he stated.
