Quake: death toll rises to 278 (3)

(ANSA) - Rome, August 26 - 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.