The death toll from the 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Cebu province has risen to at least 60, officials said Wednesday. Bogo City, San Remigio, and Medellin reported the highest casualties as Cebu declared a state of calamity to expedite relief.

Manila: The death toll in the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Cebu province in the central Philippines could reach up to 60, the Philippines’ Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said on Wednesday.

There have been reports that “as many as 60 individuals perished from this earthquake,” but the number of deaths is still subject to validation, Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro, the deputy administrator for the OCD, said in a press conference.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council initially reported that 26 people d

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