MANILA, (PNA) — The death toll for the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Central Visayas last Tuesday has now climbed to 171, authorities said Thursday.
In a cellphone interview by the Philippines News Agency (PNA), Senior Superintendent Dennis Agustin, police director of Bohol provincial Police Office, said that casualty recorded at 159 fatalities while 186 people got injured and 20 persons remained missing in Bohol.
Agustin said that all fatalities have been accounted including in Municipality of Loon.
“All accounted na but still unidentified sa Loon na reported regarding casualty,” Agustin said.
In a text message to Philippines News Agency (PNA) around 6:22 p.m., National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Eduardo del Rosario said that 11 people were killed in Cebu province and one was killed in Siquijor.
Del Rosario added a total of 182 people were injured in Cebu, three in Siquijor, and one each in Negros Oriental and Iloilo.