Search teams in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province are still recovering bodies as the government prepares to call off search efforts for victims of last month's earthquake and tsunami.
The death toll from the September 28 disaster rose to 2037, local government spokesman Adiman Raja said.
Officially 671 people were still unaccounted for after their houses were swallowed by the 7.5-magnitude earthquake, but the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), citing information from local officials, said about 5000 may still be missing.
"We are still focused on recovering bodies," said Yusuf Latief, spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Agency.
"We have found several of them, but let's see how many we can find today."
BNPB said the government had set an October 11 target for the completion of the search and rescue operation, citing fears of an outbreak of disease from handling decomposing bodies.
The local government agreed to turn areas in three villages where many victims were believed to be still buried into memorial parks, the agency said.
About 2000 homes were swallowed by the earthquake, BNPB said quoting village chiefs.
BNPB spokesman Sutopo Nugroho said damage caused by the disaster was estimated at 10 trillion rupiah ($A925 million).
Australia has pledged $A10.25 million in aid.
