The final death toll for the collapse of a hotel in eastern China stands at 17 dead at the end of the relief operations, national television said on Wednesday.
The previous assessment reported eight dead and nine missing.
The tragedy occurred on Monday in the middle of the afternoon in the great tourist and historic city of Suzhou, about 80 km west of Shanghai.
The deaths of the nine missing people, whose aid was without news, were confirmed on Wednesday, state television CCTV said. People previously released from the rubble are in stable condition in hospital, the channel said.
đź”´ INFO - #China: The death toll from the collapse of a hotel in #Suzhou, in eastern #China, has climbed to eight dead and nine missing, authorities said this morning.
Among the 14 people found, 8 people died.
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Failure to comply with construction standards?
The mid-range Siji Kaiyuan Hotel had opened in 2018 and included 54 rooms, as well as a banquet hall, according to its description on tourist reservations site Ctrip.
On Tuesday, CCTV had broadcast footage of helmeted rescuers in orange gear, handing small debris out of a pile of rubble and under a dislocated metal structure.
Suzhou is populated by around 12 million people.
It is known for its classical gardens and canals, which sometimes earned it the nickname "Venice of the Orient".
Building collapses regularly occur in China.
Most of the investigations that are subsequently carried out highlight a failure to comply with construction standards.
In March 2020, a hotel requisitioned as a quarantine site against the Covid-19 epidemic collapsed in the coastal city of Quanzhou (east), killing 29 people.
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