The civil protection department
said Friday the latest provisional death toll from Wednesday's
earthquake in central Italy is 278. The quake killed 218 people
in Amatrice alone, according to the new toll. The toll in
Arquata, 49, and Accumoli, 11, was unchanged. The number of
injured was steady at 388 but it was not clear how many of these
had been discharged from hospital.
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