Bilang ng mga nabubulok na bangkay na nadiskubre sa puneraya sa La Loma, QC, posibleng umabot ng 200 ayon sa QC Health Dept |@jeffreyhernaez pic.twitter.com/Jz7FN9XPWk

— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) October 19, 2016

MANILA - The number of rotting corpses discovered at a funeral home in La Loma, Quezon City may reach 200, health officials said Wednesday.

The City Health Department recovered some 50 bodies in advanced states of decomposition from Henry's Funeral Home on Friday, and found another 70 cadavers there on Tuesday.

Health officer Dr. Verdades Linga said they found dozens of body bags at the establishment's storage area today.

Each bag, she said, contained two or three bodies.

Some corpses also bore indications that they were dissected and possibly used by students, the health office said.

Ayon sa QC health, ilan sa mga bangkay na nasa Henry's Funeral may palatandaan na na-dissect o nagamit sa pag-aaral. | via @dolandcastro pic.twitter.com/FeTLAFmgjh

— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 19, 2016

Officials have yet to verify through death certificates whether the bodies were of drug suspects slain in connection with the government’s anti-narcotics campaign.

Authorities are still searching for Oscar Perales, owner of the funeral home, who will be charged with non-compliance to business ethics and violation of the Sanitation Code.

After officials disinfect the establishment and adjacent houses, the bodies will be blessed in a Mass and buried at the Novaliches Public Cemetery. -- With a report from Doland Castro, ABS-CBN News