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China Quake Death Toll Remains Unchanged For Two Days

Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

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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 7.8 billion U.S. dollars), 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.

June 17

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