CHIANG MAI/BANGKOK –The death toll from Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has soared to more than 800 after new casualty figures from the region that includes the city of Mandalay were reported. The updated figures came shortly after the first foreign aid arrived in affected areas.
MRTV, a state broadcaster, announced on the Telegram app on Saturday that 694 people had been confirmed killed in and around the city, 68 were missing and 1,670 injured. The epicenter of the quake was 17 kilometers from Mandalay.
