Death toll in Bohol quake now at 222 - NDRRMC
October 30, 2013 | 7:36am
MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Central Visayas has climbed to 222, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.
The NDRRMC said that four more bodies were retrieved by authorities in the towns of Sevilla and Loon, in Bohol province.
The number of injured people also rose to 797 as nine more persons were reported hurt in Bilar town also in Bohol, the NDRRMC added.
The state disaster response agency said the number of missing persons in Bohol remains at 8, which include five teenage boys who were reportedly pinned by large boulders in Sagbayan town when the powerful temblor hit the province last October 15.
The NDRRMC said more than 670,000 families or over 3.2 million individuals have been affected by the devastation in Regions 6 and 7.
Of the total number, almost 90,000 persons are now cared for and sheltered in 376 evacuation centers after their houses were destroyed during the quake.
The NDRRMC said that almost 67,000 houses in Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Siquijor were either totally or partially damaged by the tremor.
The cost of damage to infrastructure, which include roads, bridges, school buildings, in the affected provinces is placed at P2.2 billion, the NDRRMC added.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has recorded a total of 3,066 aftershocks since the powerful quake hit Bohol.
Of the total aftershocks, only 84 were felt, the Phivolcs added.
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