Howmany people died in mount vesuivius eruption of 79 ad?

est of the population of Pompeii range from 10,000 to 25,000 and Herculaneum is thought to have had a pop of about 5,000. It is not known how many people the eruption killed although around 1,150 remains of bodies have been recovered in and around Pompeii. The remains of about 350 bodies have been found at Herculaneum