40,000 bodies, not including those in New Orleans disinterred from previous burials.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4674804I'm betting that's an underestimate. More people are dying - murdered by neglect - all the time, and many bodies will never be found or counted officially if they are.
The Administration will do all it can to fudge the death toll downwards. We've seen it in their refusal to allow reporters to observe or write stories about body collection, for example.