AT LEAST 44 people were confirmed to have been injured in Tuesday night's magnitude 6.4 earthquake which rattled Abra and other parts of Northern Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Thursday.
In its latest report, the NDRRMC said the validated figure includes 32 from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and 12 from Ilocos Region.
The NDRRMC has yet to receive any reports of fatalities or persons missing due to the earthquake.
As of Thursday morning, some 18,478 families or equivalent to 61,514 individuals residing in 208 barangays in Ilocos Region and CAR, were reported to have been affected by the earthquake.
Of this number, 22 families or 76 persons are being served in three evacuation centers while the rest are being aided by relatives or friends.
The NDRRMC also reported that 1,821 houses were damaged in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and the CAR.
Around 1,813 houses were classified as "partially damaged" and eight as "totally damaged".
The infrastructure damage was estimated at PHP57.7 million in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera. (Priam Nepomuceno)
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