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227 000 died in disaster
23/01/2005 11:42 - (SA)
Jakarta - The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Indian Ocean nations passed 227 000 on Sunday with another 7 000 deaths being reported by Indonesia's health ministry.
Indonesia was hardest-hit by the December 26 quake and tsunamis, with 173 981 confirmed deaths, the health ministry said.
Thailand's toll crept up to 5 373 confirmed dead. A further 3 000 people were listed as missing, more than 1 000 of them foreigners.
The toll in Sri Lanka, which was second hardest hit by the catastrophe, stood at 30 920, according to the Centre for National Operations. The number of missing has dropped to 5 565.
In neighbouring India, the official death toll has reached 10 744 with 5 669 still reported missing and feared dead.
Myanmar has said 59 people were killed in the tsunamis, against an estimated 90 deaths according to the United Nations.
At least 82 people were killed and another 26 were missing in the Maldives.
Sixty-eight people were dead in Malaysia, most of them in Penang, according to police, while Bangladesh reported two deaths.
Fatalities also occurred on the east coast of Africa where 298 people were declared dead in Somalia, 10 in Tanzania and one in Kenya.
The US Geological Survey said the earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, making it the largest quake worldwide in four decades.
Death toll
Indonesia: 173 981
Sri Lanka: 30 920
India: 16 413
Thailand: 5 373
Maldives: 82
Malaysia: 68
Myanmar: 59
Bangladesh: 2
Somalia: 298
Tanzania: 10
Kenya: 1
Total: 227 207
* India's figure includes 5 669 listed as missing, most of them presumed dead.
- AFP
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