Death toll in Syria from earthquake rises to 2,500 deaths

DAMASCUS, Feb. 08 (YPA) – The death toll in Syria as a result of Monday’s earthquake has risen to 2,500 deaths and 4,885 injuries across the country, in an indefinite toll, according to the Syrian Ministry of Health on Wednesday.

The ministry said in a statement that the number of earthquake victims in Hama province rose to 51 deaths and 73 injuries, and in Lattakia to 506 deaths and 792 injuries, in an indefinite toll, in addition, 390 deaths and 750 injuries in Aleppo, and the city of Jableh, the death toll from the earthquake reached 254 deaths and 171 injuries.

The Syrian Minister of Health, Hassan al-Ghabbash, said: “The ambulance response cadres raced against time at the accident site, and their number reached more than 600 health personnel with various specialties.”

Moreover, the number of collapsed buildings reached 102 buildings in Lattakia, and 54 collapsed buildings in Aleppo.

Meanwhile, the so-called Civil Defense (White Helmets) also announced that the death toll from the earthquake in the terrorist groups-held northwestern Syria areas has risen to more than 1,280 deaths and more than 2,600 injured, and the number is expected to rise significantly due to the presence of hundreds of families under the rubble.

The National Seismological Center reported that an earthquake measuring 4.5 degrees on the Richter scale struck at 9:09 am on Wednesday the İskenderun district, 48 km north of Syria.

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