Haiti earthquake death toll passes 2,200

A girl waits with other earthquake victims for food to be distributed in Haiti (Matias Delacroix/AP)

The death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake earlier this month has grown to 2,207, with 344 people still missing, the authorities have said.

The previous figure, released on Wednesday, had been 2,189, while the country’s Civil Protection Agency said via Twitter that 12,268 people had been injured and nearly 53,000 houses had been destroyed by the August 14 quake.