<p>The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption climbed to 21 Wednesday, with a further death in hospital more than a month after the tragedy, police said.</p>.<p>Deputy police commissioner John Tims said the person died in hospital in Auckland, without releasing further details.</p>.<p>Nineteen of the victims had died in New Zealand and two in Australia.</p>.<p>The toll includes two people whose bodies have not been recovered but who were confirmed by a coroner last week to have been killed in the eruption.</p>.<p>There were 47 people, mainly Australian tourists, on the island when the volcano erupted on December 9 and many were coated in burning ash and steam.</p>
<p>The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcano eruption climbed to 21 Wednesday, with a further death in hospital more than a month after the tragedy, police said.</p>.<p>Deputy police commissioner John Tims said the person died in hospital in Auckland, without releasing further details.</p>.<p>Nineteen of the victims had died in New Zealand and two in Australia.</p>.<p>The toll includes two people whose bodies have not been recovered but who were confirmed by a coroner last week to have been killed in the eruption.</p>.<p>There were 47 people, mainly Australian tourists, on the island when the volcano erupted on December 9 and many were coated in burning ash and steam.</p>