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Of the 94 victims, 83 have been identified and 80 families of the deceased have been notified, according to Levine Cava.
The mayor said 22 people remain “potentially unaccounted” for with 222 people accounted for.
“The process of making identification has become more difficult as time goes on,” the mayor said. “The numbers are fluid and will continue to change,” she said.
The efforts of search and rescue crews have been applauded by members of the community who are awaiting any news.
On Saturday night, local clergy, elected officials, first responders and families of victims and survivors along with members of Hatzalah, the Israel Defense Forces, and the Israeli Consulate gathered for a ceremony and commemorative walk to thank rescue workers for their efforts.
Members of the IDF, who have been on scene assisting with the collapse recovery efforts, were given a send-off during the walk.
“The thought they suffered was weighing on me heavily & confirmation that they did not was a ‘relief,'” he said. “It was the best bad news I could receive in this situation. Only hope I had.”
Youngest victims
Officials identified three of the youngest collapse victims Sunday, including 5-year-old Lorenzo De Oliveira Leone.
Anna Sophia Pettengill Lopez Moreira, 6, and her sister Alexia Maria Pettengill Lopez Moreira, 9, were both recovered on July 7 and identified publicly Sunday. The girls were the last two members of their family to be identified.
Their brother, 3-year-old Luis Vicente Pettengill Lopez Moreira III — the youngest victim in the collapse — was recovered on July 7 and identified Friday.
She and her husband Luis Pettengill, 36, along with family nanny Leidy Vanessa Luna Villalba, 23, were identified in an earlier release.
The Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez arrived in the US on Friday after learning his wife’s family had died in the collapse.
“I regret and sadly have to report the discovery of the lifeless bodies of Sophia López Moreira, Luis Pettengil and the youngest of their children,” the foreign minister of Paraguay, Euclides Acevedo, told Paraguayan television network Telefuturo last week.
Safety concerns for other buildings
While the collapse has prompted inspections of buildings throughout Miami-Dade County, concerns about the sister building of the collapsed Champlain Towers South have been allayed by recent inspections.
Burkett said inspections of the Champlain Towers North — where a voluntary evacuation was issued following the collapse — has yielded positive results so far.
“Early results on the concrete is that the concrete strength is very good,” Burkett said Sunday. “At or beyond the levels at which it should be.”
CNN’s Natasha Chen, Kevin Conlon, Deanna Hackney, and CNNe’s Sanie López Garelli and Marlon Sorto contributed to this report.