Myanmar quake death toll rises above 2,000, military junta says

The death toll from Myanmar’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake rose to 2,056 people, the country’s military junta announced Monday on state-run TV, as rescue workers searched for victims believed trapped under collapsed buildings.

The junta, which took control of the country in a 2021 coup, said on state TV that 170 people were still missing and 3,900 people were injured. The shadow National Unity Government, made up of former civilian leaders, gave a higher death toll of 2,418.