Nepal death toll updates

The death toll from the massive earthquake of 7.6 Richter Scale that hit Nepal on Saturday has crossed 7,000. The Home Ministry has put the total number of fatal casualties at 7,167. The number of injured is over 14 thousand. The Home Ministry has informed that hundreds of thousands of people are still unaccounted for, adding that the death toll and number of casualties are in course of increasing. Nearly 150 thousand homes have been completely destroyed by the earthquake, while the number of houses around the same figure have been partially damaged. The maximum number of deaths has been recorded in Sindhupalchowk- standing at 2,500, followed by Kathmandu with 1,152 casualties. Similarly, the death toll in other districts stand at: 759 in Nuwakot, 651 in Dhading, 410 in Gorkha, 306 in Rasuwa, 293 in Kavre, 269 in Bhaktapur, 171 in Lalitpur, 62 in Dolkha, 40 in Makwanpur, 9 in Sindhuli, and 114 in other districts. The European Union has stated that it was yet receive information on the whereabouts of 1,000 of its nationals. It has also confirmed the passing of its 12 citizens. Rescue and relief efforts are underway in the worst hit three districts of Kathmandu- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, and in other districts which suffered loss of lives and property in enormity including the tremor's epicentre Gorkha, Sindhupalchowk, Dhading, Kavrepalanchowk, Dolkha and Lamjung. The injured are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Kathmandu and other affected districts.