China quake death toll rises to 69,019

Source: Xinhua | 06-02-2008 17:50

BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by three to 69,019 as of Monday noon, the Information Office of the State Council said.

A total of 373,573 people were injured and 18,627 others were still missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and some other areas on May 12.

The office said that 45.55 million people were affected by the quake, of whom 15.15 million had been relocated.

Hospitals had treated 92,973 injured survivors as of Monday noon, of whom 68,565 were discharged, 1,1832 were still being treated and 10,015 were transferred outside of Sichuan for further treatment.

As of Sunday, disaster relief workers had evacuated about 1.05 million people to safe areas.

A total of 187 aftershocks were detected from Sunday noon to mid-Monday, putting the total number of aftershocks since May 12 in the quake zones at 9,897.

All the new aftershocks through Monday noon measured below magnitude 3.9.

Editor:Zhang Ning