Crowd estimate reaches over 600,000 for Traslacion 2026

An estimated 686,600 devotees joined the Traslacion 2026, according to the Quiapo Church Command Post Friday afternoon.

As of 1 p.m., the church said that 556,600 were at Ayala Boulevard while 130,000 were at Quiapo.

As of 4:23 p.m., the Traslacion was at Arlegui Street.

The Traslacion can be checked here: LIVE TRACK: Nazareno 2026 Traslacion and here: LIVE - Nazareno 2026 - A GMA Integrated News Special Coverage

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Church officials earlier said that the Traslacion moved  slower through its route  as devotees were reportedly converging at the front of the andas.

Initially, the procession moved quickly, matching the 2024 pace of about one kilometer per hour from the Quirino Grandstand to the National Museum.

However, the stretch from Finance Road through Ayala Boulevard and across Ayala Bridge with around a one kilometer distance took more than six hours to complete, making it slower than the 2025 record.

Earlier, some devotees were brought to hospitals. The Philippine Red Cross has attended to around 100 patients so far. —AOL/RSJ, GMA Integrated News