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China is still experiencing earthquakes after the huge magnitude 8.0 hit the country on May 12, 2008. The death toll is rising and there is an outpouring of donations and assistance for the victims of the devastating earthquake.

According to China, the latest facts and figures of the earthquake are as follows;

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) — Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 12:

– The death toll from the quake rose to 68,109 nationwide as of Wednesday noon, while 364,552 people were injured and 19,851 people were missing.

– Rescuers saved and evacuated 724,794 people to safe places, including 6,541 survivors buried under the rubble, as of Tuesday midnight.

– Hospitals took in a total of 85,722 injured people, 55,514 of whom recovered and left as of Wednesday noon.

– Domestic and foreign donations had reached 34.79 billion yuan (5.04 billion U.S. dollars), up 2.07 billion yuan overnight. And 9.78 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas.

– A total of 601,900 tents, one of the most urgently needed relief supplies, had been delivered to quake regions.

– A total of 3,866,100 quilts and 8,757,300 garments had been sent to these regions.

– The government has allocated 19.56 billion yuan (2.83 billion U.S. dollars) as of 2 p.m. Wednesday for quake relief efforts. The fund included 15.39 billion yuan from the central budget and 4.17 billion yuan from local budgets.

– Between Tuesday noon and Wednesday noon, five aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale had been monitored in Sichuan.

– International medical teams from Russia, Japan, Italy and Germany have treated 2,410 patients in quake areas since May 20.

We offer sympathy to the victims of this tragic catastrophe!