Quake death toll remains unchanged for two days

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-16 19:33

BEIJING - The death toll of China's massive earthquake reported no increase from Saturday's figure, freezing at 69,170 as of Monday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

The number of the injured also remained unchanged at 374,159 and people reported missing dropped by one to 17,426 after the 8.0-magnitude quake rocked southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

Hospitals had treated 95,732 injured people as of Monday noon, of whom 79,008 had been discharged and 14,094 were still being treated.

By Sunday, more than 1.42 million quake survivors had been evacuated.

As of Monday noon, the government disaster relief fund had reached 53.86 billion yuan (about US$ 7.8 billion), including 49.25 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.62 billion yuan from the local budget.

As of Monday noon, 1.38 million tents, 4.82 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, 1.07 million tonnes of oil and 2.29 million tonnes of coal had been sent to the quake-hit areas.

The office said as of Sunday, relief workers had built 152,600 makeshift houses and another 38,800 were being installed, while the materials for 96,300 had arrived in the affected areas.

In addition, domestic and foreign donations had reached 45.73 billion yuan in cash and goods, among which 14.24 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

In the 24 hours that ended Monday noon, 195 aftershocks were monitored in the quake zone, none above the 4.0 magnitude, according to the China Earthquake Administration.

A total of 12,437 aftershocks had been detected since May 12.

By Sunday, 4,624 state-owned enterprises and large-scale enterprises with annual revenue above 5 million yuan had resumed operation.

Production at another 1,020 companies of the same scale was still suspended, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.

In addition, 53,289 km of roads had been destroyed, of which 52,131 km had been restored.