SINGAPORE : One more Singaporean has been confirmed dead in Thailand, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
No other details are immediately available, except that the woman was earlier reported in the media to have died in Thailand.
Police have contacted her next of kin and after gathering details of the circumstances surrounding the case, confirmed she was a tsunami victim.
This brings the death toll to eight -- six in Thailand and one each in Sri Lanka and India.
Fifteen persons are still missing -- 13 in Thailand and two in Indonesia.
More people reportedly to be in tsunami stricken areas have also been contacted.
The number on the uncontactable list has dropped further to 17, from 20 on Wednesday.
Of these, 10 are in Thailand, four in India and three in Indonesia.
Relatives and friends of Singaporeans who were known to have travelled to these areas and were uncontactable earlier, have been asked to call the Singapore Contact Centre 6332 0000. - CNA