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Article: China quake death toll remains unchanged since Monday
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 14, 2008
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China quake death toll remains unchanged since Monday
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the May 12
earthquake in Sichuan Province and its neighboring region has
remained unchanged and stood at 69,225 since Monday, according to a
statement released by the State Council Information Office on
Thursday.
The number of people listed as missing has fallen to 17,924,
while the number of the injured is unchanged at 374,640.
As of Thursday noon, a total of 1,486,405 quake-affected people
had been relocated.
Among the 96,540 who had been hospitalized for injury, 92,320 had
been discharged, the statement said.
The government spending on disaster relief and reconstruction had
topped ...