The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Syria has risen to 2,500 deaths and 4,885 injuries across the country, in an ongoing toll, according to the counter’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
The ministry said in a statement that the number of 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, they counted 390 deaths and 750 injuries in Aleppo, and in the city of Jableh, the death toll reached 254 deaths and 171 injuries.
The Syrian Minister of Health, Hassan al-Ghabbash, said: “The ambulance response cadres raced against time to the accident sites, carrying over 600 health personnel with various specialties.”
Moreover, the number of collapsed buildings reached 102 buildings in Lattakia and 54 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 Syrian 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 in the İskenderun district, 48 km north of Syria.
