INDONESIA'S health ministry said today the number of people dead and missing after December's earthquake and tsunami had risen by 1829 to 240,774.
The ministry said the number of people confirmed dead and buried was 113,000, while the number of people missing and almost certainly dead remained at 127,774.
Officials say the missing would only be confirmed dead after one year.
Different government agencies have given conflicting statistics on the casualty figure for the Indian Ocean disaster.
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