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Facts and figures about China quake and relief
Source: Xinhua | 06-04-2008 08:46
Special Report: Strong quake jolts SW ChinaBEIJING, June 3 (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 69,107 nationwide as of Tuesday noon, while 373,577 people were injured and 18,230 people were missing.
-- Rescuers saved and evacuated 1,064,591 people to safe places as of Monday midnight.
-- Hospitals took in a total of 94,565 injured people, 70,657 of whom recovered and left as of Tuesday noon.
-- Domestic and foreign donations had reached 42.364 billion yuan (6.11 billion U.S. dollars), up 624 million yuan overnight. And 12.1 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas.
-- A total of 749,200 tents, one of the most urgently needed relief supplies, had been delivered to quake regions.
-- A total of 4,416,100 quilts and 11,700,200 garments had been sent to these regions.
-- The government has allocated 23.074 billion yuan (3.33 billion U.S. dollars) as of Tuesday noon for quake relief efforts. The fund included 18.68 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.394 billion yuan from local budgets.
-- Between 12:00 p.m. Monday and 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, one aftershock measuring above 4 on the Richter scale was monitored.
Editor:Xiong Qu