Ecuador Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 660

Ecuador's Risk Management Secretariat, or SGR, raised the death toll of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the country’s pacific coast on April. 16 to 660 in its latest report.

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The findings, released on Friday, said that 30,073 people have been provided with health care, 4,605 of whom suffered injuries that needed urgent treatment.

On a more positive note the group revised the number of people rescued from flattened buildings to 113 which is a testament to rescue operations,  aided by numerous other countries, conducted immdeiatley after the tremor. 

Of the 560 schools hit by the quake, 166 have a degree of damage rated between "medium and extreme."

The coastal province of Manabi was hit hardest by the quake while parts of the neighboring province of Esmeraldas suffered loss of life, injury and significant damage to infrastructure.

In Manabi alone, the SGR registered 646 fatalities and 26 missing persons.

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The Ecuadorean government declared a state of emergency in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Manabi, Guayas, Los Rios, Santa Elena and Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas.

A total of 700 aftershocks have been felt in the days following the country’s worst earthquake in nearly seven decades.

Correa has estimated damage at US$2 billion to US$3 billion, while towns like Jama and Canoa have seen over 90 percent of its infrastructure destroyed.