Facts and Figures About China's Earthquake

Following are the latest facts and figures about the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12:

-- The death toll from the quake rose to 69,134 nationwide as of Saturday noon, while 374,061 people were injured and 17,681 people were missing.

-- Rescuers saved and evacuated more than 1.37 million people to safe places as of Friday midnight.

-- Hospitals took in 94,964 injured people (patients in the quake zone not included), 76,069 of whom have been discharged as of Saturday noon.

-- Domestic and foreign donations had reached 43.974 billion yuan (6.37 billion U.S. dollars) as of Saturday noon, up 168 million yuan overnight. And 13.59 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas.

-- A total of 862,000 tents, one of the most urgently needed relief supplies, had been delivered to quake regions.

-- A total of 4.76 million quilts and 13.46 million item of clothing had been sent to these regions.

-- Some 40,600 temporary houses had been built in the quake zone, with 21,100 in construction as of Friday.

-- Governments at different levels had allocated 23.43 billion yuan (3.395 billion U.S. dollars) as of Saturday noon for quake relief efforts. The fund included 18.9 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.52 billion yuan from local budgets.

-- Between 12:00 p.m. Friday and 12:00 p.m. Saturday, three aftershock measuring between 4.0 to 4.9 on the Richter scale were monitored.

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