The death toll from super typhoon "Yolanda" (Haiyan) rose to almost 5,600 while the cost of damage also went up to P27.839 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Friday.

The death toll is now at 5,598 and broken into at the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces), 3; Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan), 19; Bicol, 7; Western Visayas, 238; Central Visayas, 74; Eastern Visayas, 5,255; Zamboanga Peninsula, 1; and Caraga,1.

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