The death toll of China's massive earthquake increased by two overnight to hit 69,172 as of Tuesday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

A total of 374,159 people were injured and 17,420 others were still missing after the 8.0-magnitude quake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

Hospitals had treated 95,784 injured people as of Tuesday noon, of whom 79,302 had been discharged and 13,851 were still being treated.

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

As of Tuesday noon, the government disaster relief fund had reached 53.93 billion yuan (about US$7.7 billion), including 49.26 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.68 billion yuan from the local budget.

About 19.26 billion yuan of the central budget funds was allocated for disaster relief and 30 billion yuan for reconstruction.

In addition, domestic and foreign donations had reached 45.77 billion yuan (about US$6.54 billion) in cash and goods, among which 15.1 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

As of Tuesday noon, 1.43 million tents, 4.82 million quilts, 14.1 million garments, 1.15 million tonnes of oil and 2.46 million tonnes of coal had been sent to the quake-hit areas.

The office said as of Monday, relief workers had built 171,600 makeshift houses and another 40,500 were being installed, while the materials for 95,600 had arrived in the affected areas.

In the 24 hours that ended Tuesday noon, 174 aftershocks were monitored in the quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration.

One of the tremors was above 4.0 magnitude, while the rest were at or below 3.9 magnitude.

A total of 12,611 aftershocks had been detected since May 12.

By Monday, 4,688 state-owned enterprises and large-scale enterprises with annual revenue above 5 million yuan had resumed operation.

Production at another 956 companies of the same scale was still suspended, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.

According to the Ministry of Transport, 53,294 km of roads were destroyed in the quake, of which 52,152 km had been restored.

As of Tuesday noon, power supply had been restored in 116 of the 125 villages and towns, which suffered a cut-off in the quake zone.

(Xinhua News Agency June 17, 2008)