The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Thursday announced that the death toll for the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that battered Central Visayas last Thursday has now climbed to 156.

It also added that 1,213 aftershocks have been recorded since Tuesday to 5 a.m. Thursday.

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