Officials had previously said there had been 64 fatalities
THE OFFICIAL number of people who died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria has risen from 64 to 2,975.
Officials in the Caribbean country made the announcement almost a year following the disaster devastated the island.
The huge increase in the death toll was a result of the findings from research conducted by George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. The study was commissioned by Ricardo Rosello, Puerto Rico’s governor.
Rosello told journalists: “We never anticipated a scenario of zero communication, zero energy, zero highway access.
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Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico death toll rises to 2,975
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