China quake death toll stands at 69,185

Source: Xinhua | 06-26-2008 16:37

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's major earthquake still stood at Wednesday's figure of 69,185 as of Thursday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

The number of the injured reached 374,174 and people reported missing dropped from Wednesday's figure by one to 18,457 after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

As of Thursday noon, 96,277 injured people had been hospitalized and 83,810 have recovered and left hospital. There are still 9,831 people remaining in hospital, the office said in a statement.

The relief workers had rescued and evacuated more than 1.47 million people in quake-hit areas as of Wednesday.

The government disaster relief fund had reached 54.68 billion yuan (about 7.81 billion U.S. dollars), including 49.61 billion yuan from the central government and 5.07 billion yuan from the local budget.

As of Thursday noon, domestic and foreign donations had reached53.9 billion yuan in cash and goods, of which 19.15 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

As of Thursday noon, about 1.58 million tents, 4.87 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, 1.44 million tons of fuel oil and 3.07 million coal had been sent to the quake-hit areas, it said.

Editor:Zhang Ning