Bohol deaths due to Odette reaches 80 –Governor Yap

The death toll in Bohol due to Typhoon Odette had reached 80 as of Monday morning, Bohol Governor Arthur Yap said.

In a bulletin posted by Yap on Facebook, as verified by the Department of Health and local government units (LGUs), the provincial government of Bohol reported 80 deaths, 13 missing persons, 78 injured, and 28,845 evacuated families.

These figures, however, only cover 42 of 48 LGUs in the province as communication lines are still down in at least six localities.

The breakdown of the number of casualties is as follows:

• Antequera: 3
• Calape: 3
• Catigbian: 4
• Loon: 6
• Maribojoc: 2
• Panglao: 1
• Tubigon: 3
• Buenavista: 4
• Clarin: 1
• Inabanga: 4
• Getafe: 3
• Pres. Carlos P. Garcia: 5
• San Miguel: 6
• Trinidad: 2
• Talibon: 1

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• Ubay: 12
• Alicia: 4
• Batuan: 1
• Candijay: 2
• Guindulman: 4
• Jagna: 2
• Loboc: 1
• Mabini: 2
• Pilar: 2
• Valencia: 2

On Sunday, President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher "Bong" Go visited Bohol to see the aftermath of Odette.

Yap said he asked Duterte for 15 horsepower generators that would be delivered to towns so water pumping stations can run.

According to Yap, Duterte committed to giving P2 billion as financial aid to the province.

In a separate interview on CNN Philippines, Yap called on Manila Water and Maynilad to offer the services of their water trucks to affected residents.

Yap said the provincial government took back the supply of COVID-19 vaccines from local government units due to the blackouts. The vaccines were now at a cold storage facility with a power generator.

Typhoon Odette caused heavy damage in Bohol when it made landfall over the province last Thursday.

Bohol was under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4 then.

Last Saturday, Yap signed Executive Order No. 65 declaring a state of calamity in the province of Bohol. — DVM, GMA News