Facts, figures about China quake, relief

Source: Xinhua | 06-06-2008 22:04

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12:

-- The death toll from the quake rose to 69,130 nationwide as of Friday noon, while 374,031 people were injured and 17,824 people were missing.

-- Rescuers saved and evacuated 1.12 million people to safe places as of Thursday midnight.

-- Hospitals took in 94,774 injured people (patients in the quake zone not included), 75,722 of whom have been discharged as of Friday noon.

-- Domestic and foreign donations had reached 43.806 billion yuan (6.35 billion U.S. dollars) as of Friday noon, up 42 million yuan overnight. And 13.517 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas.

-- A total of 848,800 tents, one of the most urgently needed relief supplies, had been delivered to quake regions.

-- A total of 4.76 million quilts and 13.28 million item of clothing had been sent to these regions.

-- Some 33,900 temporary houses had been built in the quake zone, with 17,900 in construction as of Thursday.

-- Governments at different levels had allocated 23.215 billion yuan (3.364 billion U.S. dollars) as of Friday noon for quake relief efforts. The fund included 18.699 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.516 billion yuan from local budgets.

-- Between 12:00 p.m. Thursday and 12:00 p.m. Friday, one aftershock measuring between 5.0 to 5.9 on the Richter scale was monitored, with another measuring between 4.0 to 4.9.

Editor:Zhang Ning