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The death toll from the earthquake in Venezuela already exceeds 6,000 people

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Venezuelans continue searching for the missing under the rubble, in La Guaira, on July 29, one month after the double earthquake that devastated northern Venezuela.Gaby Oraa / Reuters

The government of Venezuela has updated the official death toll from the double earthquake that struck the north of the country on Saint John's Day: 6,125 deaths have now been counted, 579 more than in the previous report, published on July 24. In addition, 60,992 people have had to be treated in hospitals.