The earthquake death toll across China rose to 14,866 by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, Xinhua learnt from authoritative sources.

Among the figure, 14,463 were dead in Sichuan Province, 280 in Gansu Province, 106 in Shaanxi Province, 14 in Chongqing municipality, two in Henan Province and one in Yunnan Province.

(Xinhua News Agency May 14, 2008)