The death toll in China's major earthquake rose to 69,016

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The death toll in China's major earthquake rose to 69,016

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The death toll in China's earthquake rose to 69,016 as of noontime Sunday,a report from th Information Office of th state Council said.

A total of 368,545 people were injured and 18,830 others were still missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Provine on May 12.

A total of 45.55 million people were affected by quake,of whom 15.15 million were relocated, according to the office.

Hospitals had treated 89,818 injured survivors as of Saturday noon,of whom 59,877 were discharged,12,797 were still being treated and 9,245 were transferred outside of Sichuan for further treatment.

As of Saturday noon,domestic and foreign donations stood at 40.1billion yuan(aobut US$5.8billion) and 10.78billon yuan in cash and goods were forwarded to the disaster area, the office said.