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Government revises death toll from February 27 quake in Chile

Santiago - Chile updated the official death toll to 452 victims Friday from the February 27 quake that struck near the country’s second-largest city, Concepcion. On Thursday, the government had released an initial death toll of 279, revising the counting method that had resulted in a previous figure of 803 fatalities.

Deputy Interior Minister Patricio Rosende explained that the government now insists on including only the victims that have been fully identified.

“Those who have died were people, not numbers, and until we are completely certain of the identities of the victims of this catastrophe, we will restrict the information to those whom we have been able to identify,” Rosende said...more

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