Members of China International Search and Rescue Team work in the quake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 19, 2010. [Xinhua]

The death toll has climbed to 1,944 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 216 people still missing, the rescue headquarters said Monday.

As of 8:00 AM Monday, the 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu at 7:49 AM Wednesday, has also left 12,315 injured, of which 1,134 are in serious condition, the rescue headquarters said.

(Xinhua News Agency April 19, 2010)