Over 34,000 dead from quake in Turkey and Syria

The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s earthquake has reached at least 34,179 on Sunday. 

The death toll in Turkey has reached 29,605, and the confirmed death toll in Syria is 4,574.

That number includes more than 3,160 in opposition-held parts of northwestern Syria, according to the health ministry of the Salvation Government governance authority.

The Syrian death toll also includes 1,414 deaths in government-controlled parts of Syria, according to state news agency SANA.