Facts and figures about China quake and relief

Source: Xinhua | 05-29-2008 09:23

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12:

-- The death toll from the quake rose to 68,109 nationwide as of Wednesday noon, while 364,552 people were injured and 19,851 people were missing.

-- Rescuers saved and evacuated 724,794 people to safe places, including 6,541 survivors buried under the rubble, as of Tuesday midnight.

-- Hospitals took in a total of 85,722 injured people, 55,514 of whom recovered and left as of Wednesday noon.

-- Domestic and foreign donations had reached 34.79 billion yuan (5.04 billion U.S. dollars), up 2.07 billion yuan overnight. And 9.78 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas.

-- A total of 601,900 tents, one of the most urgently needed relief supplies, had been delivered to quake regions.

-- A total of 3,866,100 quilts and 8,757,300 garments had been sent to these regions.

-- The government has allocated 19.56 billion yuan (2.83 billion U.S. dollars) as of 2 p.m. Wednesday for quake relief efforts. The fund included 15.39 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.17 billion yuan from local budgets.

-- Between Tuesday noon and Wednesday noon, five aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale had been monitored in Sichuan.

-- International medical teams from Russia, Japan, Italy and Germany have treated 2,410 patients in quake areas since May 20.

Editor:Zhang Ning