China quake death toll rises to 69,134

Source: Xinhua | 06-07-2008 17:52

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4 overnight to 69,134 as of Saturday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

A total of 374,061 people were injured and 17,681 others remained missing after the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and some other areas on May 12.

A total of 46.16 million people were affected by the quake, according to the office.

Hospitals had treated 94,964 injured people as of Saturday noon, of whom 76,069 had been discharged and 16,302 were still being treated.

By Friday, more than 1.37 million quake survivors had been found and evacuated.

Relief supplies continued to pour into the quake zone. As of Saturday noon, 862,000 tents, 4.76 million quilts, 13.46 million garments, 786,700 tonnes of fuel oil and 1.66 million tonnes of coal had been sent.

The office said that as of Friday, relief workers had built 40,600 temporary houses and another 21,100 were being installed, while the material for 77,800 makeshift houses had arrived in the affected areas.

As of Saturday noon, domestic and foreign donations had reached43.97 billion yuan (about 6.3 billion U.S. dollars).

So far, 13.6 billion yuan, in cash and materials, had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas, the office said.

The government disaster relief fund had reached 23.43 billion yuan, including 18.9 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.5 billion yuan from the local budget.

Editor:Du Xiaodan