According to DVB and other sources, the latest state-run media reports put the revised death toll from Cyclone Nargis at least 22,000. DVB says that this figure was given on the radio today. To date the state-run news has not been updated on the government website.
State media has also announced that the May 10 referendum on a new constitution will be postponed in 47 townships until May 24 and will go ahead in the rest of the country.
The 47 townships as given by DVB are:
Irrawaddy Division: 7 townships
Ngaputaw, Laputta, Mawlamyaing Island, Pyapon, Bogalay, Kyeitlat, Dedaye
Rangoon Division: 40 townships (most of the division)
Tamwe, South Okkalapa, Dagon Port, Southern Dagon New Town, Northern Dagon New Town, Eastern Dagon New Town, Dawbon, Pazundaung, Botataung, Mingalartaungnyunt, North Okkalapa, Yankin, Thaketa, Thingankyun, Kamayut, Kyimyindaing, Kyauktada, Sanchaung, Seikkan, Dagon, Panbedan, Bahan, Mayangone, Lathar, Hlaing, Lanmadaw, Ahlone, Thanlyin, Kyaukdan, Thonehkwa, Khayan, Twente, Kunchankone, Kawhmu, Dala, Seikkyikanaungtoe, Insein, Mingalardone, Shwepyithar, Hlaingthayar
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Burma: 22,000 Dead And Rising « deathpower // May 6, 2008 at 11:07 pm
[...] count. In Bogalay township alone more than 10,000 are now believed to have perished, and nationwide estimates are now at 22,000 and rising. The United Nations says that hundreds of thousands of survivors are in immediate need of clean [...]
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