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Earthquake Death Toll Remains Unchanged

As of 12:00 Saturday, the death toll of the May 12 Earthquake in China remained unchanged, standing at Friday's figure of 69,196, according to a government report.

So far, 374,176 people were injured and 18,381 still missing in the deathly disaster that has affected Sichuan Province in the southwest and its neighboring provinces.

The rescuer have saved and resettled 1,472,296 people to safer places.

Governments at different levels have allocated 54.87 billion yuan (about US$7.95 billion) for the relief efforts, including 49.74 billion yuan from the central government.

To date, China has received 56.58 billion yuan worth donations from the public, both at home and from overseas.

(Xinhua News Agency July 7, 2008)


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