Chinese rescuers carry a woman to safety after getting her out of the rubble of a market in Beichuan, Sichuan province, May 19, 2008. The woman was saved about 164 hours after a killer earthquake struck a week ago.

(Xinhua 2008-05-20 16:44)Beijing -- The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province rose to 40,075 nationwide as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, while 247,645 people were injured, according to the Information Office of the State Council.

Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan Province, told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that 39,577 people have been confirmed dead in Sichuan and 60,026 have been rescued from earthquake debris and close to 4.85 million people relocated.

The official called for urgent aid of tents, "the quake zones need more than 3 million tents ... if the public wants to donate, please donate tents."

By Tuesday, 124 orphans, senior people who lost their family members during Sichuan's devastating earthquake and handicapped people left unprovided for have been found in China's quake-hit areas, Jiang Li, vice minister of civil affairs said.

Donations to the quake-hit regions had reached 13.925 billion yuan (US$2.01 billion) with 12.516 billion yuan in cash and 1.408 yuan in relief supplies as of Tuesday noon.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs, armed forces and RCSC had dispatched 278,462 tents, 783,984 quilts and 1.78 million cotton-padded clothes as well as food and drinking water worth of 218 million yuan to the quake zones by 1 pm Tuesday, said Jiang.

China has recovered 30 of the 32 radioactive sources buried in last Monday's earthquake, while the remained two have been located, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday.