death toll

noun

: the number of people who die in an accident, disaster, war, etc.

Three people who were injured in the accident have died, pushing the death toll up to 116.

The virus's death toll is expected to rise.

Examples of death toll in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This month's unusually high death toll, however, has increased scrutiny over whether authorities took proper precautions as throngs gathered amid soaring temperatures. —Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 June 2024

Part of that story is the death toll from the cold front, now at 14 after five more fatalities were reported Tuesday. —John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024

By the time Trump left office, America was still grappling with the pandemic and during his final hours in office, the death toll eclipsed 400,000. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024

The death toll over the past week has reached 23 protesters killed by police. —Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024