Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to 4,333

The death toll from the double earthquake that struck Venezuela has risen to 4,333, according to updated figures released by the Venezuelan government.

The government’s latest official update, released on Saturday, listed 4,333 deaths, an increase of 215 from Friday. The number of injured was unchanged at 16,740. The latest toll comes more than two weeks after the earthquakes struck west of Caracas.

Officials said 6,462 people were rescued after the earthquakes struck near Montalbán on June 24, in an event the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has described as a doublet. The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 and was followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 quake.

The government said 31,193 patients have been treated, an increase of 1,227 from Friday. It also reported that 86,794 families have received assistance, while 17,907 people have been left homeless.

At least 1,202 aftershocks have been recorded, an increase of 31 from Friday’s update.

The disaster remains the 13th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century, just behind the magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in September 2018. That disaster devastated Palu and surrounding areas, killing 4,340 people, only seven more than the current toll in Venezuela.