China quake death toll rises to 69,170

Source: Xinhua | 06-14-2008 17:04

BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's massive earthquake increased by seven overnight to 69,170 as of Saturday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

A total of 374,159 people were injured and 17,428 others were still missing after the 8.0-magnitude quake rocked southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

Hospitals had treated 95,654 injured people as of Saturday noon, of whom 78,433 had been discharged and 14,617 were still being treated.

By Friday, more than 1.41 million quake survivors had been found and evacuated.

As of Saturday noon, the government disaster relief fund had reached 53.76 billion yuan (about 7.68 billion U.S. dollars), including 49.15 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.61 billion yuan from the local budget.

Relief supplies continued to pour into the quake zone. As of Saturday noon, about 1.24 million tents, 4.787 million quilts, 14 million garments, 1,009,400 tonnes of fuel oil and 2.16 million tonnes of coal had been sent.

The office said as of Friday, relief workers had built 126,100 temporary houses and another 31,600 were being installed, while the materials for 90,000 makeshift houses had arrived in the affected areas.

In addition, domestic and foreign donations had reached 45.58 billion yuan in cash and goods, among which 14.06 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

Editor:Zhang Ning