Carlita Awatin of Barangay Washington leaves the Caraga Regional Hospital in Surigao City after getting treatment from burns she sustained when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck at 8:08 a.m. Sunday, 5 March 2017 just as she was pouring boiled water on a cup.

 A resident succumbed to cardiac arrest while 37 others were injured, including Awating.

But only four remain confined in the hospital.

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