(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2008) The death toll in China's major
earthquake increased by 4,820 to 60,560 as of Saturday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council.
And 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted
southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.
A total of 45.5 million people have been
affected by the quake, and nearly 14.4 million quake-
affected people have been evacuated, according to the office.
It also revealed that medics have treated nearly 290,000 quake victims. A total of 75,086 injured victims have been hospitalized after the quake. Among them, 40,644 have been discharged from hospitals, 23,864 are still in hospital and 4,274 were transferred to other hospitals out of Sichuan Province for treatment.
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