Toll passes 40,000, 32,000 still missing
China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-21 07:13
The death toll from last week's quake in Sichuan rose to 40,075 nationwide as of 6 pm yesterday, with 247,645 injured, the Information Office of the State Council said yesterday.
The office also said that 32,361 people were missing.
Military sources said that as of Monday midnight, 6,375 people were pulled out from debris.
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