Haiti earthquake: death toll rises to 227 in the early hours | There are hundreds of injured and missing

the number of deaths left by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake recorded this Saturday in Haiti has passed to 227, according to a new report from Civil Protection, which also warns that there are “hundreds of wounded and missing”.

Although the agency’s first report listed 29 victims, hours later 198 more deaths were added, including 158 in the south.

“The first interventions, carried out by both professional rescuers and members of the population, allowed to extract a lot of people from the rubble“Civil Protection lamented on his Twitter account, where he explained that “Hospitals continue to receive injuries.”

The earthquake on Saturday, which was also felt in the Dominican Republic, was recorded at 8:29 a.m. local time, about 12 kilometers from the city of Saint-Louis of the South, with an epicenter 10 kilometers deep. This was followed by a 5.2 magnitude aftershock 17 kilometers from the city of Chantal, also with the epicenter 10 kilometers deep.

Due to the gravity of what happened, the local government decided to declare a state of emergency for one month, as announced by the Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, who took office. July 20, 13 days after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. . . .