More than 600 individuals reportedly sustained injuries amid the high level of unrest at Mayon Volcano, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Monday.
In its<a href="https://monitoring-dashboard.ndrrmc.gov.ph/assets/uploads/situations/SitRep_No__10_for_the_Mayon_Volcanic_Activity_20231.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> situational report</a> issued at 8 AM, NDRRMC said 628 individuals were confirmed injured.&nbsp;
The agency did not disclose further details regarding the specific injuries that a certain person has sustained.&nbsp;But no missing or other casualties were reported.&nbsp;
The NDRRMC also said that the number of affected individuals due to Mayon Volcano has reached 38,961 or 10,146 families.&nbsp;
Of the total number, 5,466 families or 18,892 individuals were displaced inside 28 designated evacuation centers in the Municipalities of Bacacay, Camalig, Ligao, Daraga, Guinobatan, Malilipot, Sto. Domingo, and Tabaco.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, 353 families, or 1,235 individuals are staying with their family members and friends, outside the evacuation centers.
Government agencies had already distributed a total of 73,900 food and non-food assistance worth ₱71,555,306.
The NDRRMC said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) have prepositioned fund and relief stockpile worth ₱3,296,836,163.
Humanitarian assistance worth ₱59,471,066 from the DSWD, the OCD, the local government units (LGUs), the non-government organizations, and other partners is also on standby.
According to the latest update from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), <a href="https://www.dzrh.com.ph/post/mayon-volcano-8-am-updatee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no volcanic earthquake</a> was recorded in Mayon Volcano but the summit crater continues to effuse lava down the slope at a very slow rate in the past 24 hours.

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Over 600 individual reportedly injured amid Mayon Volcano's unrest