On Wednesday, the Philippines has placed the official death tally from super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) at 1,833 dead.

Figures released by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) showed the death tally accounted by the following:

  • 1,298 from Leyte
  • 200 from Western Samar
  • 162 from Eastern Samar
  • 58 from Cebu (mostly from Bantayan Island, Bogo City, Daanbantayan and San Remigio municipalities)
  • 103 from Region VI (specifically from Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Antique and Negros Occidental)
  • 5 from Palawan
  • 1 each from Quezon, Batangas, Masbate, Camarines Norte, Zamboanga City and Surigao del Sur

The number is expected to rise as many of the dead bodies recovered from areas rampaged by Category 5 super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) remain unidentified.

The names of the fatalities can be accessed HERE.

The number of missing people were accounted at 84, while the number of injured was placed at 2,623.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday had hoped Typhoon Haiyan's (Yolanda) death toll would stay at 2,000; maximum would be 2,500.

"Ten thousand, I think, is too much," Mr Aquino told CNN in an interview. "There was emotional drama involved with that particular estimate."

"We're hoping to be able to contact something like 29 municipalities left wherein we still have to establish their numbers, especially for the missing, but so far 2,000, about 2,500, is the number we are working on as far as deaths are concerned," he said.

Telecoms providers are slowly working to reestablish mobile cellular communications in some of the typhoon-hit areas. Electricity, however, remains to be reinstalled in parts of Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII and Caraga.

Officials estimate it will take a year to provide electricity again to distressed areas.

"We are looking at initially two months, but as we see the extent of the damage, we are suddenly looking at more than six months ... It could take one year," Jericho Petilla, Philippines' Energy Secretary, said

On Tuesday, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) released a statement saying different electric affiliates continue to assess the facilities damaged by super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).

"Preparations included ensuring the reliability of communications equipment, availability of hardware materials and supplies necessary for the repair of damages to facilities, as well as the positioning of line crews in strategic areas, to facilitate immediate restoration work," NGCP said.