India, June 8 -- The death toll in the Malviya Nagar hotel fire has climbed to 22 after another foreign national, a Nigerian citizen, succumbed to injuries during treatment, Delhi Police confirmed on Sunday. Out of the 22 dead, 13 are foreign nationals, and nine are Indian citizens, making the June 3 blaze at Flourish Stay in Hauz Rani the deadliest hotel fire in Delhi in recent memory.

The Ministry of External Affairs had earlier confirmed that among the foreign nationals killed were four from Nigeria, three from Kyrgyzstan, and one each from Mozambique, Liberia, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Congo, and Iraq. The latest death, a Nigerian national, adds to the Nigerian toll from the fire and brings the overall count to 22.

The MEA also confir...