The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 119 to 68,977 as of Saturday noon, Xinhua quoted the Information Office of the State Council as saying. Another 367,854 people were counted as injured and 17,974 listed as missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12. A total of 45.55 million people were affected by quake, of whom 15.15 million were relocated, according to the office. Hospitals had treated 89,818 injured survivors as of Saturday noon, of whom 59,877 were discharged, 12,797 were still being treated and 9,245 were transferred outside of Sichuan for further treatment. As of Saturday noon, domestic and foreign donations stood at 40.1 billion Yuan (about 5.8 billion U.S. dollars) and 10.78 billion Yuan in cash and goods were forwarded to the disaster area, the office said. Government disaster relief funds hit 22.57 billion Yuan including 18.29 billion Yuan from the central government and 4.28 billion Yuan from local governments, according to the Ministry of Finance. Relief supplies including 678,900 tents, 4.37 million cotton-padded quilts, 10.7 million garments, 590,000 tonnes of fuel oil and 1.2 million tonnes of coal were sent to the quake-hit areas.
