(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-23 18:59

BEIJING - The death toll of China's major earthquake reported no increase from Saturday's figure, freezing at 69,181 as of Monday noon, the State Council Information Office said.

The number of the injured also remained unchanged from Sunday's 374,171 and people reported missing dropped from Sunday's figure by 24 to 18,498 after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

As of Monday noon, 96,140 injured people had been hospitalized and 82,325 have recovered and been discharged. There are still 11,179 people remaining in hospital, the office said.

By Sunday, about 1.47 million quake survivors had been rescued and evacuated.

The government disaster relief fund had reached 54.31 billion yuan (about US$ 7.76 billion), including 49.60 billion yuan from the central government and 4.71 billion yuan from the local.

As of Monday noon, domestic and foreign donations had reached 52.48 billion yuan in cash and goods, of which 17.91 billion yuan had been forwarded to the quake-hit areas.

As of Monday noon, about 1.58 million tents, 4.87 million quilts, 14.1 million garments and 1.34 million tonnes of fuel oil had been sent to the quake-hit areas, the office said.

It said as of Sunday, relief workers had built 298,000 temporary houses and another 33,300 were being installed, while the materials for 67,100 of such shelters had arrived in the affected areas.