Article: 2nd Ld-Writethru: Sichuan quake death toll remains unchanged at 69,196

2nd Ld-Writethru: Sichuan quake death toll remains unchanged at 69,196

BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's major earthquake still stood at Friday's 69,196 as of Monday noon, the State Council Information Office said in a statement.

The number of the injured and the missing also stood at 374,176 and 18,379 respectively after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted southwestern Sichuan Province and neighboring regions on May 12.

As of Monday noon, 96,433 injured people had been hospitalized and 87,466 had recovered and left hospital. There were 6,320 people still in hospital, the statement said.

The government disaster relief fund had reached 55.05 billion yuan (about 7.98 billion ...

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