The total number of deaths as a result of the major earthquake that occurred in southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 has risen to 51,000, according to new data published by the Turkish authorities today, Wednesday.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said today that the number of deaths in Turkey as a result of the Kahramanmaraş earthquake rose to 45,89 people.
By adding the latest announced number in Syria, which is 5,914 dead, the total number of deaths in the two countries rises to 51,03.
The earthquake and the strong aftershocks that followed it injured more than 108,000 people in Turkey, the worst disaster in the country's modern history.
The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said - in a statement - that about two million people have been displaced from the affected areas, which have witnessed more than 11,000 aftershocks since the first earthquake.
The administration stated that it has set up more than 350,000 tents to house the displaced, and tent cities have been established in 332 locations throughout the region.
Container dwellings have also been erected at 162 sites.
More than 160,000 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged by the earthquake.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to rebuild the damaged homes within a year, but it will take several months for thousands of afflicted people to leave tent or container homes and move to permanent housing.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the organization would support Ankara in its quake recovery efforts.
He said Turkey was "doing its best", but still needed international support to help the victims.