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Chilean president raises quake death toll to 795

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-03 03:19
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SANTIAGO - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday that the death toll from Saturday's devastating earthquake had reached 795.

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The new figure was 32 higher than that released by the country's National Office of Emergency earlier Tuesday, which  also said that the number of affected still stood at 2 million.

Local media reported that Bachelet was speaking during a visit to Curico, one of the most hardest-hit cities during the quake.

According to the National Office of Emergency, the number of affected still stood at 2 million.  Most of the deaths were registered in the Maule region with at least 554 people dead. In the capital city of Santiago, which has a population of 6.2 million, 38 people were known to have died in the earthquake.
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