Nearly a year after Hurricane Maria devastated the Caribbean island, Puerto Rico finally acknowledged that more than 1,400 people were killed in the storm — not the 64 it had included in the official death toll.

The admission comes in a report the Puerto Rican government prepared last month and is expected to submit to Congress Thursday requesting $139 billion in aid.

“Although the official death count from the Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety was initially 64, the toll appears to be much higher,” it said in a part titled “the hurricane had a human cost.”

In another section of the report — “Transformation and Innovation in the Wake of Devastation” — it revealed: “According to initial reports, 64 lives were lost. That estimate was later revised to 1,427.”

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said Puerto Rico’s original death toll of 64 was “insulting to our collective intelligence.”

“This updated number, while possibly still far too low, is at least an acknowledgment that the consequences of Hurricane Maria were far greater than President Trump and his administration have been willing to admit,” Diaz said in a statement.

He called Maria “President Trump’s Katrina.”

The Trump administration’s “mediocre response to the storm and its failure throughout the ongoing recovery of Puerto Rico cement that as the President’s legacy to the island.”

Rep. Nydia Velazquez said it has been “tragically clear for some time” that the destruction was worth that the death toll suggested and faulted the US government’s reaction to the tragedy.

“This news is simply the latest evidence underscoring how inadequate the federal response was to a humanitarian crisis affecting our fellow citizens,” the New York Democrat said in a statement.

She said she is pushing legislation that would establish federal standards for death counts following disasters and a “9/11 style” panel to investigate the federal response to the hurricane.

The number was first reported by the New York Times.

Maria swept over island on Sept. 20, causing extensive flooding and knocking out power.