Haiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,207

Haiti death toll rises to 2,207 as a result of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the country’s civil protection agency reported on Sunday.

The agency said, a week after the earthquake, which also left at least 12,268 injured, the number of damaged homes exceeded 77,000, while almost 53,000 were destroyed.

The earthquake had its epicenter, some 125 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince and had a depth of 10 kilometers.

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