The earthquake death toll was estimated at 200,000, according to Haitian figures relayed by the European Commission, with 80,000 buried in mass graves. The commission raised its estimate of homeless to 2 million and said 250,000 people need urgent aid.

UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said at UN headquarters in New York that it's believed that 3 million people are affected, with 2 million of those needing food for at least six months.

(Xinhua News Agency January 21, 2010)