The death toll from floods that ravaged central China last month now stands at 302, said local authorities on Monday.
This is more than triple the estimate.
The province was hit by heavy rainfall on July 20, causing flooding in numerous towns and cities. Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of 12 million people, was one of the hardest hit areas, with entire neighbourhoods submerged and passengers trapped in flooded subway cars.
A total of 50 people are still missing across Henan, the vast majority of them from Zhengzhou, said Wu Guoding, the provincial deputy governor, on Monday.
Of the total deaths, 292 were from Zhenghou, said Wu. Most were killed from floods and landslides, while several dozen were killed from house collapses, and another 39 drowned in underground spaces including basements and garages.
Those who drowned include 14 who died in a flooded subway line, where many passengers were stranded in subway cars up to their necks in floodwater, as fast-moving currents ripped through the network of underground tunnels.
More than 500 passengers were evacuated from the subway line, said authorities several days after the initial flooding.
An outbreak of Covid-19 has compounded the challenges facing Zhenghou as the city struggles to recover from the devastating floods.
As of Monday, Zhengzhou has reported 13 locally-transmitted symptomatic cases, and 50 asymptomatic cases, which are counted separately.
