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

Police on Sunday said the death toll had risen to 84, from 72 the previous day as more bodies were recovered. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

The death toll could rise because landslides triggered by the earthquake buried or cut off many remote villages across six regencies on Flores, said Fathur Rahman, who heads the Search and Rescue Office in Maumere, the capital of Sikka. — Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

The cities of Pereira and Manizales, located about 30 miles northeast, are among the most severely affected by the disaster and so far account for more than half of the current death toll. — Kim Córdova, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spread to a sixth province as the overall death toll surpassed 2,100 and cases topped 4,500. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026

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