U.N. officials have put the death toll from Pakistan's October earthquake at 73,000 with at least 69,000 people injured.
The figures, from the U.N. Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, cover only casualties in Pakistan. Other parts of South Asia were also affected by the 7.6 magnitude quake Oct. 8.
Updated figures from Pakistani officials led to the death toll increasing by some 18,000 in one day nearly a month after the devastating quake.
As many as 3.5 million people are still in need of medical care and 3.2 million remain homeless with winter approaching, Kristen Knutson, a UNOCHA spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The United Nations asked a donor conference, which some 92 countries participated in last week in Switzerland, for $550 million in emergency funds for earthquake relief. Knutson said the United Nations has received $131 million in pledges and commitments.
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